{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-147",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005",
  "path": "section/147",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "147",
  "heading": "Penalty for offences under sections 145 and 146",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 145 or 146 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine, or to both.\n(2) No proceedings for an offence under either of those sections may be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 147(1)(a) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 147 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(t)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/section/147",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:19.224345+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."
}