{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-346",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-346.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/346",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "346",
  "heading": "Obstructing persons subject to service law in course of duty",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he intentionally obstructs a person (“B”);\n(b) B is a person subject to service law acting in the course of his duty; and\n(c) he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that B is subject to service law.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies to anything done in—\n(a) the United Kingdom;\n(b) the Isle of Man; or\n(c) a British overseas territory.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum, or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.\n(4) In subsection (3) “the relevant maximum” is—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks;\n(b) otherwise, 6 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 346 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 346 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/346",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}