{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-united-nations-measures-overseas-territories-order-2007/article-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-united-nations-measures-overseas-territories-order-2007",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 4(1), 5(3), 6, 7(3), 8(3), 9(2), 10(2), 12, or 15 is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine or to both; or\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under article 14(6) or (7), 20(3)(b)(ii), 21(1) or (2), or paragraph 4(b) or (d) of Schedule 4 is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; or\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under article 16(4), or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 4 is liable:\n(a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine of any amount or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under article 20(3)(a), 20(3)(b)(i), 20(3)(c) or paragraph 4(a) or (c) of Schedule 4 shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under article 16(3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent.\n(6) If an offence under this Order committed by a body corporate is shown—\n(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate, or\n(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of an officer of the body corporate,\nthe officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2132",
      "affecting_title": "The Iran (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2132",
      "affecting_title": "The Iran (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2132",
      "affecting_title": "The Iran (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/282/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:05:41.118615+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."
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