{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/schedule-9/paragraph-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/schedule-9/paragraph-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/144",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously aggravated harassment etc.) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) in paragraph (a)—\n(i) after “section 2” insert “ or 2A ”, and\n(ii) for “offence of harassment” substitute “ offences of harassment and stalking ”, and\n(b) in paragraph (b)—\n(i) after “section 4” insert “ or 4A ”, and\n(ii) after “violence” insert “ and stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress ”.\n(3) In subsection (5) for “the basic offence” substitute “ either basic offence ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 144 in force at 25.11.2012 by S.I. 2012/2075, art. 5(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/9/paragraph/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:55.374488+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."
}