{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Provisions supplementary to sections 35 to 46.",
  "text": "(1) In sections 35 to 40 and 46 above “fine” includes a pecuniary penalty but does not include a pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation.\n(2) Nothing in any provision contained in sections 35 to 46 above shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before that provision comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 47 extended (N.I.) by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), s. 47, Sch. 9 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/48/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:50.097321+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."
}