{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/45",
  "legislation_title": "Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences under Part I.",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or\n(c) to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence to which this subsection applies shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.\n(3) The offences to which subsection (2) above applies are offences under the following provisions of this Part of this Act—\n(a) section 1;\n(b) section 2;\n(c) section 3;\n(d) section 4;\n(e) section 5(1); and\n(f) section 5(3).\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under section 5(2) or (4) above shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(5) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:55.287243+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."
}