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PART IIISTIRRING UP HATRED OR AROUSING FEAR

Supplementary provisions

Punishment of offences under part III

16.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under this part shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or to both.

(2) For the purposes of the rules against charging more than one offence in the same count or complaint, each of Articles 9 to 13 creates one offence.