{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-149",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-149.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/41",
  "legislation_title": "Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002",
  "path": "section/149",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "149",
  "heading": "Immigration stamp",
  "text": "The following shall be inserted after section 26A of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (registration card: falsification, &c.) (inserted by section 148 above)—\n“ Possession of immigration stamp\n26B (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": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/149",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:47.769208+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."
}