{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/section-26B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/section-26B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/77",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971",
  "path": "section/26B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26B",
  "heading": "Possession of immigration stamp",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he has an immigration stamp in his possession without reasonable excuse.\n(2) A person commits an offence if he has a replica immigration stamp in his possession without reasonable excuse.\n(3) In this section—\n(a) “immigration stamp” means a device which is designed for the purpose of stamping documents in the exercise of an immigration function,\n(b) “replica immigration stamp” means a device which is designed for the purpose of stamping a document so that it appears to have been stamped in the exercise of an immigration function, and\n(c) “immigration function” means a function of an immigration officer or the Secretary of State under the Immigration Acts.\n(4) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 26B inserted (10.2.2003) by 2002 c. 41, s. 149 (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 24-29: amendment to earlier affecting S.I. 1993/1797, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (11.10.2017 coming into force in accordance with art. 1) by The Immigration (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/981), Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 3 modified by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 33C(6) (as inserted (1.11.2016 for specified purposes, 1.12.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 39(2), 94(1); S.I. 2016/1037, regs. 2(a), 5(c))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/26B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:29.102045+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."
}