# Public Health Act 1936, Section 297: Continuing offences and penalties.


Where provision is made by or under this Act for the imposition of a daily penalty in respect of a continuing offence, the court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court and, where a court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty shall not be recoverable in respect of any day before the expiration thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/49/section/297 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936/section-297
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