{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Deception.",
  "text": "In the 1971 Act, after section 24, insert—\n“ Deception.\n24A (1) A person who is not a British citizen is guilty of an offence if, by means which include deception by him—\n(a) he obtains or seeks to obtain leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) he secures or seeks to secure the avoidance, postponement or revocation of enforcement action against him.\n(2) “Enforcement action”, in relation to a person, means—\n(a) the giving of directions for his removal from the United Kingdom (“directions”) under Schedule 2 to this Act or section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;\n(b) the making of a deportation order against him under section 5 of this Act; or\n(c) his removal from the United Kingdom in consequence of directions or a deportation order.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.\n(4) The extended time limit for prosecutions which is provided for by section 28 applies to an offence under this section.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}