{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/45",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Law Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Other provisions as to maximum fines.",
  "text": "(1) Where a person convicted on indictment of any offence (whether triable only on indictment or either way) would, apart from this subsection, be liable to a fine not exceeding a specified amount, he shall by virtue of this subsection be liable to a fine of any amount.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 32(2), 34, 35, 36(2)–(8) repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 32(3) repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1447), reg. 1(3), Sch. (with reg. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 32(1) extended (N.I.) by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28, SIF 39:1), Sch. 9 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 32(1) excluded by Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47, SIF 82), s. 4(5)(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:10.366712+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."
}