{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997/section-14",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/48",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Increase in maximum penalty for certain sexual offences.",
  "text": "(1) In section 5 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (unlawful intercourse with girls under the age of 16 years)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words “ ten years ”; and\n(b) in subsection (3), for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words “ ten years ”.\n(2) In section 6 of that Act (indecent behaviour towards a girl aged between 12 and 16 years), for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words “ ten years ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c.39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:52.618556+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}