# Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, Paragraph 14


(1) A person who wilfully alters, suppresses or destroys a document which the person has been required to produce under paragraph 9 is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable—
(a) on summary conviction—
(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before 2 May 2022) or a fine, or both;
(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/33/schedule/5/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-banking-reform-act-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-14
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

