# Criminal Justice Act 1967, Part I: Increase of fines fixed by enactments Extent: E+W+S+N.I. Enactment Description of Offence Old fine or maximum fine New maximum fine The London Hackney Carriage Act 1831, c. 22. Section 35 Cab driver refusing to go with any person desirous of hiring. £2 £10 . . . The Game (Scotland) Act 1832, c. 68. Section 1 Day trespass in pursuit of game, etc. £2, or £5 if in disguise or in group of five or more £20 or £50 respectively. The Highway Act 1835, c. 50 Section 72 Miscellaneous offences on the highway, including riding on the footpath, tethering animals and damaging or obstructing the highway. £2 £10 Section 78 Miscellaneous offences by drivers of carriages on the highway, including negligent and furious driving and failing to keep to the left. £5 where the driver is not the owner, and £10 where he is the owner. £20 The Metropolitan Police Act 1839, c. 47 Section 44 Keepers of refreshment houses permitting drunkenness, disorderly conduct, etc., on the premises. £5 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, c. 86. Section 10 Persons acting as drivers without licences and tickets, transferring or lending licences and tickets and proprietors suffering unlicensed persons to act as drivers. £5 except for offences by proprietors and £10 for offences by proprietors. £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 14 False representations, etc., in connection with applications for licences. £5 £50 Section 17 Failure by driver to wear ticket. £2 £10 Section 33 Miscellaneous offences by cab drivers including loitering, causing obstruction and overcharging. £ 1 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847, c. 27. Section 28 Unjustified claims for exemption from harbour rates. £10 £50 Section 38 Masters of ships giving no account, or false account, of cargo unshipped. £10 £50 Section 39 Shippers of goods giving no account, or false account, of cargo shipped. £10 £50 The Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, c. 34. Section 65 Occupier failing after notice to mark house with approved number or to renew approved number thereon. £2 £20 The Cemetries Clauses Act 1847, c.65 . . . . . . . . . . . . Section 59 Playing games, etc., discharging firearms, disturbing persons assembled for burial, or committing nuisance in cemetary. £5 £10 The Town Police Clauses Act 1847, c. 89. Section 21 Contravention of orders made for regulating traffic and preventing obstruction in streets. £2 £20 Section 28 Miscellaneous offences in thoroughfares, including obstruction, furious driving and discharging firearms. £2 £20 Section 35 Keepers of refreshment houses harbouring prositutes and thieves. £5 £20 Section 40 Mis-statements and omissions in applications for hackney carriage licences. £10 £20 Section 45 Plying for hire without a licence. £2 £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 47 Persons acting as cab drivers without a licence, lending licences and proprietors employing unlicensed drivers. £1 £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 53 Cab driver refusing to drive. £2 £10 Section 58 Cab proprietor or driver overcharging. £2 £10 The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853, c. 33. Section 11 Failure by drivers and others to hand in property left in cabs and omnibuses. £2 £10 Section 17 Miscellaneous offences by drivers and conductors, including overcharging and refusing passengers or luggage. £2 £10 Section 19 Offences for which no specific penalty is imposed. £2 £10 The Inclosure Act 1857, c. 31. Section 12 Damaging or causing nuisances on town and village greens. £2 £20 The Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, c. 32. Section 2 Riotous or indecent behaviour in churches, burial grounds, etc., and harassing authorised preachers. £5 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Poaching (Prevention) Act 1862, c. 114. Section 2 Simple poaching £5 £50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865, c. 56. Section 4 Miscellaneous offences of trespass. £1 for a first offence and £2 for a second or subsequent offence. £10 The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867, c. 134. Section 6 Obstruction by unnecessary deposit of goods, etc., on footways, etc. £2 £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 9 Displaying unapproved advertisements. 10s. 0d. £10 The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, c. 115. Section 7 Unlicensed hackney carriage plying for hire or using cab stand. £5 for every day when carriage plies for hire or for every occasion when found on the stand. £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 8 Driving hackney or stage carriage when unlicensed. £2 £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. The Tramways Act 1870, c. 78. Section 51 Non-payment of fares £2 £20 The Explosives Act 1875, c. 17. Section 31 Sale of gunpowder to child apparently under thirteen. £5 £20 Section 33 Contravention of general rules as to packing of gunpowder for conveyance. £20 £100 Section 80 Throwing fireworks in the street. £5 £20 The Post Office (Protection) Act 1884, c. 76. Section 11 (a) Forgery, etc., of telegram. £10 £100 (b) Improper disclosure of telegram by employee of telegraphic company. £20 £100 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act 1889, c. 72. Section 3(2) Failure to notify notifiable disease. £2 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Military Lands Act 1892, c. 43. Section 17 Contravention of byelaws £5 £20 . . . The Uniforms Act 1894, c. 45. Section 2 Wearing a military uniform, etc., without authority. £5 £50 Section 3 Wearing a military or naval uniform, etc., without authority in a manner likely to bring contempt on the uniform, or employing another for that purpose. £10 £50 . . . . . . . . . . . . The London Cab Act 1896, c. 27. Section 1 Hirer defrauding cab driver. £2 £10 The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, c. 38. Section 22 (as extended by section 1(5) of the Noise Abatement Act 1960). Causing or negligently allowing nuisances. £5 £20 Section 40 Failure to comply with notice requiring houses in filthy state to be purified. 10s. 0d. for each day on which offence continues. £20 Section 56 Exposure by any person of others to risk of infection by himself or by a person in his care, and transmitting or exposure of infectious articles. £5 £10 Section 163 Offences for which no pecuniary penalty is provided, obstruction of persons executing Act, and contravention of regulations. £5 £10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence. The Dogs Act 1906, c. 32. Section 6 Allowing carcasses of cattle to lie unburied in field to which dogs have access. £2 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, c. 53. Section 94 Letting for hire or carrying passengers in an unlicensed pleasure boat or exceeding authorised number of passengers. £2 £50 The Commons Act 1908, c. 44. Section 1(2) Owner turning out animal on a common in contravention of regulations and any person obstructing execution of regulations. £2 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Perjury Act 1911, c. 6. Section 3 (as extended and amended by section 28(1) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925). Making false oaths and statements with reference to marriages. £50 £100 Section 4 (as amended by section 28(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925). Making false statements with reference to births and deaths. £50 £100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ferries (Acquisition by Local Authorities) Act 1919, c. 75. Section 4 Fraudulent claims for exemption from payment of tolls. £10 £20 The Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919, c. 97. Section 22(2) Damaging crops in allotments. £5 £20 The Census Act 1920, c. 41. Section 8(1) Miscellaneous offences including making a false declaration, delivering a false document and giving a false answer. £10 £50 . . . The Law of Property Act 1925, c. 20 Section 193(4) Unauthorised driving, camping, etc., on common land. £2 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Criminal Justice Act 1925, c. 86. Section 37 Unlawful possession of pension documents as securities for debts. £20 £100 Section 38(1) Making or using imitation bank notes. £5 £20 Section 38(2) Refusal by person whose name appears on an imitation bank note to give name and address of printer. £10 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Parks Regulations (Amendment) Act 1926, c. 36. Section 2(1) Contravention of regulations. £5 £20 The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, c. 48. Section 1 Disposal of body without a registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order. £10 £20 Section 4 Removal of body out of England without complying with the relevant requirements. £10 £50 Section 11 Contravention of other provisions of Act. £2 £10 The Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act 1927, c. 12. Section 1 Dealer giving or any person accepting reward for abstention from bidding. £100 £400 The Superannuation and Other Trust Funds (Validation) Act 1927, c. 41. Section 7 Default in complying with requirements of Act, including requirements as to accounts and reports. £5 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Children and Young Persons Act 1933, c. 12. Section 5 Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under a five. £3 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Section 23 (as amended by section 64 (1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 5 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1963). Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances. £10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. £50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 24(1) Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances. £5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence. £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Public Health Act 1936, c. 49. Section 76(3) Sorting over or disturbing dustbins or material deposited on a refuse tip. £5 £10 Section 83(2) Failure to comply with notice requiring cleansing of filthy or verminous premises. £5 £20 Section 94(2) Failure to abate or to remove danger of recurrence of nuisance. £5 £20 Section 95(1) (both as originally enacted and as applied by s. 16(1) of the Clean Air Act 1956). Contravention, etc., of nuisance order, including a smoke nuisance order. £5 and in addition £2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof under the section as originally enacted, and £10 and £5 respectively under the section as s o applied. £50 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof. . . . . . . . . . . . . Section 246 Offences in connection with common lodging houses, including failure to keep premises suitably equipped and false statements in application for registration. £5 £10 Section 269(7) Contravention of provisions and conditions of licences as to keeping and use of movable dwellings. £5 £20 Section 288 Obstruction of persons executing Act or subordinate instruments. £5 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof. £10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence. The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, c. 37. Section 16 Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under five. £3 £10 Section 21(1)(as amended by Schedule 4 to the Education (Scotland) Act 1945). Vagrant preventing child or young person from receiving education. £ 1 £10 Section 33 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1963). Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances. £10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. £50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 34(1) Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances. £5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence. £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence. Section 76(5) Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person to be sent to an approved school. £ 5 £20 Section 86(5) Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person who has escaped from an approved school. £ 5 £20 Section 91(7) Failure of person making payments under a contribution order to notify change of address to recipient. £2 £10 Section 92(2)(b) Failure to notify change of address by a father making payments under a decree for aliment to a person entitled by virtue of a contribution order. £2 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Marriage Act 1949, c. 76. Section 76(2) Refusal or failure to make and deliver a copy of entries in the marriage register book or a certificate that no entries have been made. £10 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The National Parks Act 1949, c. 97. Section 57 Erecting a misleading notice likely to deter the public from using a public footpath. £ 5 £20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Prison Act 1952, c. 52. Section 40 Unlawful introduction of liquor or tobacco into prison. £20 £50 Section 41 Unlawful conveyance of letters or other articles into prison. £10 £50 . . .. The Prevention of Crime Act 1953, c. 14. Section 1(1) Carrying an offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse. £50 £200 The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, c. 20. Section 36 Failure to give information and similar offences. £2 In the case of an offence under paragraph (c), £20 and in any other case £10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Pharmacy Act 1954, c. 61. . . . . . . ” . . . . . . Section 20(2) Forgery or imitation of a certificate issued under the Pharmacy Acts. £20 £100 Section 20(3) Failure to surrender certificate of registration. £5 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957, c. 55. Section 9(2) Failure by putative father to notify change of address. £2 £10 The Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, c. 40. Section 10(6) Parent’s failure to give address for time being to local authority having his child in care. £5 £10 The Agricultural Marketing Act 1958, c. 47. Section 6(6) Sale of regulated product by producer in contravention of a scheme under the section. £5 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £100 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection. £20 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £200 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection. Section 45(6) Failing to give information or giving false information to an agricultural marketing board. £20 £50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Indecency with Children Act 1960, c. 33. Section 1(1) Indecent conduct with or towards child under fourteen. £100 £400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, c. 12. Section 61 Failing to give required notices, etc., or to furnish required information, and making false returns. £5 £10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Forestry Act 1967, c. 10. Section 30(5) Failure to give information or making misstatements as to interests in land. £5 £10 Section 46(5) Offences against byelaws. £10 in the case of byelaws for the New Forest and £5 in other cases. £20 in all cases. Section 48(3) Obstruction of officers of Forestry Commissioners. £5 £20 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/80/schedule/3/part/I (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1967/schedule-3/part-I Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.