Section 359: Offences

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 8: Investigations — Chapter 2: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse he fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under a disclosure order.

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to—

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
both.

A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed on him under a disclosure order, he—

makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is 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, or
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.

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