0 defines the word "liable" thus, "(of a person) subject to or likely to incur (a fine, penalty etc)." Imust confess Ido not detect any connotation of a mandatory sentence in the above definitions, but rather a certain latitude in the use of the word "liable", as in the example in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of "liable to fines up to $500", which ranges, strictly speaking, from $1 to $500. For an even more comprehensive example Iwould • II • I IU refer to the offences under Section 48 of the Criminal Code, which provides thatf lt,J I' 11Jh;'l' hii11Un• 1 I I tlllhlh ' * • " (1) A person who imports, publishes, sells,1 offers for· sale,· distributes I I l or ' reproduces any publication, the importatidh of which has been prohibited under tl\1flh lhllliJ' I I( .., I Section 47 of this Code, or any extract from the publication, commits an offence I' and is liable on conviction for a first offence 'to a fine not exceeding one thousand I ' , dalasis or to impriso,nment for a term not !=X<;:eeding two years or to both ·the fine 1 and imprisonment a nd for a subsequent offence to imprisonment for a term not Ill J II l I l ,g, three ye'a'lrls!l;l1an d th111e IIp· u' bl'1Cat.1on sha II be forfe.1ted" (emphas1.s supp 11· ed) . td m exceeu .·IIIli. 11 ' 1111'11 ' ' II 11 1111 hl,,' . . Jl' - II I believe· tl;1at whenever the legislature has intended to impose a mandatory sentence tlll1 '1 • ''hlii·,JI w · 'li Qder the Crimiqwode;' •i{has clearly stated so. Under Section 35 of the Code relating to 1 1 1 l1111 tr sOn,the pui1re,nlt prescribed under subsection (1) reads- ' IIIII ' ·• imll!ilh•· 1 " (1) A person who .................................................... SC NO. 2/2012- NFAMARA SAIDYKHAN VS THe STATE- 7TH MAY 2015 Pa ge I5 -