# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 72: Possession of container at sporting event.

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(1) Any person who—
(a) is in possession of a controlled container in; or
(b) while in possession of a controlled container, attempts to enter,
the relevant area of a designated sports ground at any time during, the period of a designated sporting event, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or both.
(2) In subsection (1) above, the term “controlled container” means any bottle, can or other portable container, whether open or sealed, which is, or was in its original manufactured state, capable of containing liquid and is made from such material or is of such construction, or is so adapted, that if it were thrown at or propelled against a person it would be capable of causing some injury to that person; but the term does not include a container holding a medicinal product for a medicinal purpose.
(3) In subsection (2) above, “medicinal product” and “medicinal purpose” have the meanings assigned to those terms by section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/section-72
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