{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/32",
  "legislation_title": "Crossbows Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Punishments.",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 1 shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under section 2 or 3 shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under this Act may make such order as it thinks fit as to the forfeiture or disposal of any crossbow or part of a crossbow in respect of which the offence was committed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/32/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:33.158121+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."
}