# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 358H: Offences relating to notifications

Status: prospective

(1) This section applies where a CCE prevention order requires a person to comply with section 358C (notification requirements).
(2) The person commits an offence if—
(a) without reasonable excuse, they fail to comply with that section, or
(b) in purported compliance with that section, they notify to the police any information which they know to be false.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine (or both).
(4) A person commits an offence under subsection (2)(a) on the day on which they first fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 358C.
(5) The person continues to commit the offence throughout any period during which the failure continues.
(6) But the person may not be prosecuted more than once in respect of the same failure.
(7) Section 358G(4) applies for the purposes of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/358H (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-358H
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