{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/section-67C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/section-67C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/67C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67C",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences under section 67A",
  "text": "(1) A person who commits an offence under section 67A(1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine (or both);\n(c) on conviction on indictment in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both).\n(2) A person who commits an offence under section 67A(2) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine (or both);\n(c) on conviction on indictment in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 67A-67D inserted (E.W.N.I.) (6.11.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 104(1), 255(1)(8)(h); S.I. 2026/1090, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/section/67C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:04.639459+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."
}