{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-etc-protection-and-jurisdiction-scotland-act-2011/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-etc-protection-and-jurisdiction-scotland-act-2011/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-etc-protection-and-jurisdiction-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offence of breaching order",
  "text": "(1) Any person who, knowingly and without reasonable excuse, breaches a forced marriage protection order commits an offence.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years, to a fine, or to both.\n(5) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) in respect of any conduct, that conduct is not punishable as a contempt of court.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9(2)(3) repealed (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 25; S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 28.11.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/352, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/15/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:01.060316+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."
}