{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-154.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/41",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000",
  "path": "section/154",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "154",
  "heading": "Duty of court to report convictions to Commission.",
  "text": "The court by or before which a person is convicted of—\n(a) an offence under this Act, or\n(b) an offence committed in connection with a relevant election (within the meaning of Part II),\nshall notify the Commission of his conviction as soon as is practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 154 applied (1.2.2016) by European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36), s. 13(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3); S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 154 applied (1.2.2016) by European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36), s. 13(2), Sch. 1 para. 44(3); S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 154 applied (4.3.2016) by Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25), s. 24(3), Sch. 4 para. 21(1)(d); S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 154 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 154 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(2); s. 154 in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/154",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:25.524976+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."
}