{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 21 (penalties, forfeitures etc.)—\n(a) for subsection (1) there is substituted—\n“(1) Subject to subsection (5), a person guilty of an offence under any of sections 1 to 13 or section 17 shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.”;\n(b) subsections (2) and (3) are repealed;\n(c) in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—\n“(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.”; and\n(d) in subsection (5), the words “(2) or (3)” are repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:51.376466+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."
}