{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/96",
  "legislation_title": "Pedlars Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Penalty for forging certificate.",
  "text": "Any person who commits any of the following offences; (that is to say,)\n(1) Makes false representations with a view to obtain a pedlar’s certificate under this Act:\n(2) Forges or counterfeits a pedlar’s certificate granted under this Act:\n(3) . . .\n(4) Aids in making or procures to be made such forged or counterfeited certificate . . .\n(5) Travels with, produces, or shows any such forged or counterfeited certificate . . .\nshall for the first offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, and for any subsequent offence, either instead of or in addition to such penalty, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six months, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12, paras. (2), (4) and (5) repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Pedlars Act 1881 (c. 45), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words omitted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2) and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (S.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (E.W.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/96/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:57.713798+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}