Section 39: Offences

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 · 2014 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Dispersal powers

A person given a direction under section 35 who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with it commits an offence.

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

A person given a direction under section 37 who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with it commits an offence.

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

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