(1)If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act . . . F1, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(2)If any person aids or abets any person in any contravention of this Act or knowingly harbours any person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to have acted in contravention of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(4)A person who is guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3Level 3 on the standard scale][F3one hundred pounds] or to imprisonment, [F4with or without hard labour], for a term not exceeding six months, or, on a second or subsequent conviction, twelve months, or, in either case, to both such fine and imprisonment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1, Sch. Pt. XIII
F2Ss. 13 (3), 14 (1) repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), s. 34 (1), Sch. 6
F3Words beginning “level 3”substituted (S.) for words beginning “one”by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G
F4Words repealed (N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 14), s. 1 (2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)
C2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (S.)
C3S. 13(4) amended as to imprisonment with hard labour (E.W.)(S.) by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1 (2)