# Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, Section 4: Penalties.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Any person who, being the owner or master or a member of the crew of a British ship registered in the United Kingdom, wilfully kills or takes a seal in contravention of section 1 of this Act shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both;
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both.
(2) Without prejudice to the preceding subsection, any person who, in contravention of section 1 of this Act, wilfully kills any mammal or bird of a specially protected species shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by the preceding provisions of this section, any person who commits an offence under section 1 of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) Any person who—
(a) fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a permit in accordance with section 3(4) of this Act, or
(b) in any report made by him in pursuance of such a requirement knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/65/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967/section-4
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