Section 366: 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 financial institution commits an offence if without reasonable excuse it fails to comply with a requirement imposed on it under a customer information order.

A financial institution guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

A financial institution commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a customer information order, it—

makes a statement which it 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 financial institution guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

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