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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/8",
  "legislation_title": "Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences",
  "text": "A person guilty of an offence under this Act is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2020/9",
      "affecting_title": "Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2020/9",
      "affecting_title": "Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/8/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:25.831990+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."
}