Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

113 Offences

(1) If a person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any prohibition, restriction or condition contained in—

(a) a violent offender order, or

(b) an interim violent offender order,

the person commits an offence.

(2) If a person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—

(a) section 108(1), 109(1) or (6)(b), 110(1) or 112(4), or

(b) any requirement imposed by regulations made under section 111(1),

the person commits an offence.

(3) If a person notifies to the police, in purported compliance with—

(a) section 108(1), 109(1) or 110(1), or

(b) any requirement imposed by regulations made under section 111(1),

any information which the person knows to be false, the person commits an offence.

(4) As regards an offence under subsection (2), so far as it relates to non-compliance with—

(a) section 108(1), 109(1) or 110(1), or

(b) any requirement imposed by regulations made under section 111(1),

a person commits such an offence on the first day on which the person first fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the provision mentioned in paragraph (a) or (as the case may be) the requirement mentioned in paragraph (b), and continues to commit it throughout any period during which the failure continues.

(5) But a person must not be prosecuted under subsection (2) more than once in respect of the same failure.

(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant period or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine or both.

(7) In subsection (6)(a) “the relevant period” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, 12 months;

(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, 6 months.

(8) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be commenced in any court having jurisdiction in any place where the person charged with the offence resides or is found.