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(1)Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the M1Firearms Act 1968 (prosecution and punishment of offences) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For the third and fourth columns of the entries relating to an offence under section 2(1) (possessing, etc. shotgun without shotgun certificate) there shall be substituted—
| “(a) Summary. | 6 months or the statutory maximum or both. |
| (b) On indictment. | 3 years or a fine; or both.” |
(3)“Life imprisonment” shall be substituted for “14 years" in the fourth column of the entries relating to offences under—
(a)section 17(2) (possessing firearm or imitation firearm at time of committing or being arrested for certain offences); and
(b)section 18(1) (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with criminal intent).
(4)Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this section comes into force.
Marginal Citations
(1)In section 1(1)(a) of the M2Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (under which the maximum term of imprisonment for cruelty to persons under 16 is two years) and in section 12(1)(a) of the M3Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (which makes corresponding provision for Scotland), for “two" there shall be substituted “ten".
(2)Nothing in subsection (1) above shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this section comes into force.
(1)In section 1(1)(a) of the M4Prevention of Crime Act 1953 “six months” shall be substituted for “three months".
(2)The maximum fine that may be imposed for an offence under section 1 of the M5Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 shall be a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3)This section shall not have effect in relation to anything done before it comes into force.
(1)The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (a) of section 2 of the M6Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (penalty for corruption in office)—
“(a)be liable—
(i)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both; and
(ii)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to a fine, or to both; and”.
(2)In subsection (1) of section 1 of the M7Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (punishment of corrupt transactions with agents) for the words from “shall be liable" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “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; and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to a fine, or to both.”.
(3)Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this section comes into force.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 48 repealed (15.2.1994) by 1993 c. 36, ss. 78(3), 79(14), Sch. 6 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/71, art. 2,Sch., Appendix
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 49 repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 3
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Textual Amendments
F3S. 50 repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 112, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)