Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

Offence of contravening an order

98.Part 2 provides that a breach of a forced marriage protection order is an offence and a person who commits such an offence will be liable on summary conviction to either a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both. Paragraph 7 follows the model of the penalty contained in the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 for breaching a non-molestation order or a combined non-molestation and occupation order.

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