Section 30: Racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 · 1998 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Criminal law

A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (destroying or damaging property belonging to another) which is racially or religiously aggravated for the purposes of this section.

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or to a fine, or to both.

For the purposes of this section, section 28(1)(a) above shall have effect as if the person to whom the property belongs or is treated as belonging for the purposes of that Act were the victim of the offence.

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