# Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 266: Financial statement orders

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

(1) Before sentencing a person who has been convicted of a service offence, a court may make a financial statement order; but this does not apply to the Summary Appeal Court.
(2) A financial statement order is an order requiring the person to give to the court, within such period as may be specified in the order, such a statement of his assets and other financial circumstances as the court may require.
(3) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a financial statement order commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) A person who in providing any statement in pursuance of a financial statement order—
(a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular,
(b) recklessly provides a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(c) knowingly fails to disclose any material fact,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/266 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-266
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