{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1925/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1925/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/86",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1925",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Forgery of passport.",
  "text": "(1) ... The making by any person of a statement which is to his knowledge untrue for the purpose of procuring a passport, whether for himself or any other person, shall be a misdemeanour punishable with imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine ... or both such imprisonment and fine.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by virtue of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 32(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 36(2) repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 36 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 36 amended by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/86/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:42:19.259884+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."
}