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7(1)A freezing order may include any of the provisions set out in this paragraph.
(2)A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with a prohibition imposed by the order.
(3)A person commits an offence if he engages in an activity knowing or intending that it will enable or facilitate the commission by another person of an offence under a provision included under sub-paragraph (2).
(4)A person commits an offence if—
(a)he fails without reasonable excuse to provide information, or to produce a document, in response to a requirement made under the order;
(b)he provides information, or produces a document, which he knows is false in a material particular in response to such a requirement or with a view to obtaining a licence under the order;
(c)he recklessly provides information, or produces a document, which is false in a material particular in response to such a requirement or with a view to obtaining a licence under the order;
(d)he fails without reasonable excuse to disclose information as required by a provision included under paragraph 6.
(5)A person does not commit an offence under a provision included under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) if he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the person to whom or for whose benefit funds were made available, or were to be made available, was the person (or one of the persons) specified in the freezing order as a person to whom or for whose benefit funds are not to be made available.
(6)A person guilty of an offence under a provision included under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) is 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.
(7)A person guilty of an offence under a provision included under sub-paragraph (4) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
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