Section 14 Penalty for assaulting officers.C1

England and Wales

(1)

If any person assaults an officer of F1the county court while in the execution of his duty, he shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both; or

(b)

on an order made by the F2court in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding 3 months to . . . F3prison . . . or to such a fine as aforesaid, or to be so committed and to such a fine,

and F4an officer of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the court.

(2)

The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.

F5(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 14(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 9(2)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2: Words in s. 14(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 9(2)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3: Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F4: Words in s. 14(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 9(2)(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F5: S. 14(3) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 9(3); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Modifications

C1: S. 14 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(2).