{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-68.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/10",
  "legislation_title": "Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/68",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Offences under this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) A person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed on the person—\n(a) by a football banning order;\n(b) under section 61(1); or\n(c) by a notice under section 61(4),\ncommits an offence.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the requirement.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (c) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months;\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(c) both such imprisonment and such a fine.\n(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(b) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.\n(5) A person who, in connection with an application under section 64 to be exempted from a notice under section 61(4)—\n(a) knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(b) knowingly or recklessly produces, furnishes, signs or otherwise makes use of a document which is false or misleading in a material particular,\ncommits an offence.\n(6) A person who commits an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 68(1)(2)(5) extended to E. W. and N.I. (1.4.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 106(1)(a), 116(1); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(o) (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/section/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:12.377722+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."
}