Section 12 Penalty on persons found drunk.C1C2F1
Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale.
Every person F3... who is drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine, or who is drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms, F4... shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment F5... for any term not exceeding one month.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (N.I.) by S. I. 1980/704 (N. I. 6), art. 13, Sch. 2
- F2
Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35, 37, 38, 46 (with s. 47)
- F3
Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), Sch. 7 Pt. I
- F4
Words in s. 12 repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8)(8), Sch. 7 para. 6, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)(u)
- F5
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)
Modifications
- C1
S. 12 extended by Licensing Act 1902 (c. 28), s. 8 and Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26), s. 200(2); amended by Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (c. 58), s. 38, Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962 (c. 52), s. 1(1)(b), (2)(b), Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26), s. 195
- C2
S. 12 excluded by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), s. 5