{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-32A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-32A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/45",
  "legislation_title": "Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989",
  "path": "section/32A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32A",
  "heading": "Offence where unlawfully at large",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, having been deemed to be unlawfully at large by virtue of—\n(a) section 17(5) or 17A(6) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993,\n(b) section 28(7) of this Act, or\n(c) section 40(4) of this Act,\nthe person remains unlawfully at large.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 32A-32D and cross-heading inserted (11.10.2019) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 59(2), 63(2); S.S.I. 2019/309, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2023/4",
      "affecting_title": "Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/45/section/32A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:44.436072+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."
}