# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 36: Financial circumstances order: offences


(1) It is an offence for an individual to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a financial circumstances order.
(2) An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) It is an offence for an individual, in furnishing any statement in pursuance of a financial circumstances order—
(a) to make a statement which the individual knows to be false in a material particular,
(b) recklessly to furnish a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(c) knowingly to fail to disclose any material fact.
(4) An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) may be commenced at any time which is both—
(a) within 2 years from the date of the offence, and
(b) within 6 months from its first discovery by the prosecutor.
This subsection has effect despite anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (limitation of time).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-36
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