{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "JP court: power to increase penalties",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order amend any specification of a maximum—\n(a) term of imprisonment,\n(b) level of fine,\n(c) amount of caution,\nin section 7(6) or (7) of the 1995 Act.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by order amend any specification, in relation to the JP court, of a maximum—\n(a) term of imprisonment,\n(b) level of fine,\nin any other enactment.\n(3) An order under subsection (1) or (2) may not make provision for—\n(a) a term of imprisonment exceeding 6 months,\n(b) a fine exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,\n(c) an amount of caution exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/6/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:00.103957+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."
}