Section 12 Offences: penalties.
United Kingdom
A person guilty of an offence under section 2, 5, 9 or 10 shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.
Notes on Part I
Textual amendments
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Pt. I (ss. 1-9) repealed (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, ss. 51(1), 52(4), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2