Part 2Investigations, prosecutions, proceedings and proceeds of crime
Chapter 4Protection of witnesses and other persons
I1I288Offences of disclosing information relating to persons assuming new identity
1
A person (P) commits an offence if—
a
P is or has been a protected person,
b
P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),
c
P discloses information which indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and
d
P knows or suspects that the information disclosed by him indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.
2
A person (D) commits an offence if—
a
D discloses information which relates to a person (P) who is or has been a protected person,
b
P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),
c
the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and
d
D knows or suspects—
i
that P is or has been a protected person, and
ii
that the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.
3
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
a
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both;
b
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
4
In the application of this section to Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (3)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.