# Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, Section 39: Unlawful occupation etc.


(1) A person commits an offence if the person, knowing that a requirement under section 37(1) has effect in relation to any land or premises—
(a) occupies it or them, or
(b) permits such occupation.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(3) It is not an offence under subsection (1)—
(a) for a person to continue to occupy any land or premises which that person occupied on the day on which the requirement under section 37(1) is made, or
(b) to permit such a person to continue occupation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/section/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-39
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