{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-sentencing-act-2000/section-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-sentencing-act-2000/section-140.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/6",
  "legislation_title": "Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-sentencing-act-2000",
  "path": "section/140",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Enforcement of ... recognizances forfeited by Crown Court.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (5) below, ... a recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court shall be treated for the purposes of collection, enforcement and remission of the ... sum as having been ... forfeited—\n(a) by a magistrates’ court specified in an order made by the Crown Court, or\n(b) if no such order is made, by the magistrates’ court by which the offender ... was sent to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998,\n...\n(2) Subsection (3) below applies where a magistrates’ court issues a warrant of commitment on a default in the payment of—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) a sum due under a recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court.\n(3) In such a case, the term of imprisonment or detention under section 108 above specified in the warrant of commitment as the term which the offender is liable to serve shall be—\n(a) the term fixed by the Crown Court under section 139(2) above, or\n(b) if that term has been reduced under section 79(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (part payment) or section 85(2) of that Act (remission), that term as so reduced,\n...\n(4) Subsections (1) to (3) above shall apply in relation to a ... recognizance forfeited by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, or by the Supreme Court on appeal from that division, as they apply in relation to a ... recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court; and references in those subsections to the Crown Court (except the references in subsection (1)(b)) shall be construed accordingly.\n(5) A magistrates’ court shall not, under section ... 120 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as applied by subsection (1) above, remit the whole or any part of a ... sum due under a recognizance forfeited by—\n(a) the Crown Court,\n(b) the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, or\n(c) the Supreme Court on appeal from that division,\nwithout the consent of the Crown Court.\n(6) Any ... sum the payment of which is enforceable by a magistrates’ court by virtue of this section shall be treated for the purposes of section 38 of the Courts Act 2003 (application of receipts of designated officers) ... as being due under a recognizance forfeited by a magistrates' court.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(c) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1)(b) repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes; 5.11.2012 for specified purposes; 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 74(4)(a), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(2)(2)(c)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1)(b) inserted (9.5.2005 for specified purposes, 18.6.2012 for specified purposes; 5.11.2012 for specified purposes; 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 74(4)(b); S.I. 2005/1267, art. 2(1)(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(2)(2)(c)(d)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(d) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 140(2)(a) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(4) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(3) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(5) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(4) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(6) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(4)(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 69; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(5) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(7)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(5) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(7)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(6) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(6) substituted (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), s. 5(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 45; S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(6) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(6) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(c) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in s. 140 heading omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 140(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 35(2), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 10-13)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/43",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/6/section/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:27.656270+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."
}