{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-57.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Assaulting and obstructing court security officers",
  "text": "(1) Any person who assaults a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty commits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(b) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months,\nor to both.\n(3) A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty commits an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+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."
  }
}