Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W+N.I. Female genital mutilation protection orders

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 73(2), 88(1) (with s. 86(14)(15)); S.I. 2015/1428, reg. 2(a)

PART 2 E+W+N.I. Northern Ireland

Offence of breaching order E+W+N.I.

21 (1) A person who without reasonable excuse does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by an FGM protection order is guilty of an offence. E+W+N.I.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or a fine, or both;

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.]