Section 6 Punishments.
England and Wales
Offences under this Act shall be punishable either on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction.
A person convicted on indictment of any offence under this Act shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than F1ten years, or to a fine or to both.
A person convicted summarily of any offence under this Act shall be liable—
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or
to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum for the purposes of F2section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (punishment on summary conviction of offences triable either way: £1,000 or other sum substituted by order under that Act), or to both.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in s. 6(2) substituted (11.1.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 41(1); S.I. 2000/3302, art. 2(a)
- F2
Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 171