{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/section-114",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/section-114.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/3",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017",
  "path": "section/114",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "114",
  "heading": "Maritime enforcement powers: offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) intentionally obstructs a law enforcement officer in the performance of functions under this Chapter, or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed by a law enforcement officer in the performance of those functions.\n(2) A person who provides information in response to a requirement imposed by a law enforcement officer in the performance of functions under this Chapter commits an offence if—\n(a) the information is false in a material particular, and the person either knows it is or is reckless as to whether it is, or\n(b) the person intentionally fails to disclose any material particular.\n(3) A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant anyone whom the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of an offence under this section.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 114 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/114",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:52.204895+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."
}