# Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, Section 17: Offence of breaching order

Status: prospective

(1) A person commits an offence if the person without reasonable excuse—
(a) fails to do something which the person is required to do by a domestic abuse protection order or an interim domestic abuse protection order, or
(b) does anything which the person is prohibited from doing by such an order.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/16/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021/section-17
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