{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-charities-act-1940-repealed-191992/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/3-4/31",
  "legislation_title": "War Charities Act 1940 (repealed 1.9.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-charities-act-1940-repealed-191992",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences.",
  "text": "(1) Any person guilty of an offence under section four of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(2) Any person guilty of any other offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.\n(3) No proceedings for an offence to which the last foregoing subsection applies shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Charity Commissioners.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/3-4/31/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:10.642711+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."
}