Marginal note:Maximum penalty — intimate partner

(8) If an accused is convicted of an indictable offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against an intimate partner and the accused has been previously convicted of an offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against an intimate partner, the court may impose a term of imprisonment that is more than the maximum term of imprisonment provided for that offence but not more than

• (a) five years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is two years or more but less than five years;

• (b) 10 years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is five years or more but less than 10 years;

• (c) 14 years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is 10 years or more but less than 14 years; or

• (d) life, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is 14 years or more and up to imprisonment for life.