Section 4 Punishments.

England and Wales

(1)

Offences under this Act shall be punishable either on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction.

(2)

A person convicted on indictment shall be liable—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

for an offence under section 3 of this Act, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

(3)

A person convicted summarily of any offence under this Act shall be liable—

(a)

to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or

(b)

to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum for the purposes of F2section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (punishment on summary conviction of offences triable either way: £1,000 or other sum substituted by order under that Act),

or to both.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 4(2)(a) omitted (15.1.2007) by virtue of Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 14, Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2
F2: Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 170