# Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, Section 55: Touting.


(1) Any person who—
(a) in a public place—
(i) touts for the purpose of selling or advertising anything or otherwise obtaining custom so as to give any other person reasonable cause for annoyance; or
(ii) importunes any other person for that purpose so as to give that, or any other, person reasonable cause for annoyance; and
(b) fails to desist when required to do so by a constable in uniform,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-55
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