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Criminal Justice Act 1991
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- (b) the reference to a sum being required to be paid by a compensation order which has been made by a magistrates’ court includes a reference to a sum which is required to be paid by such an order being treated, by virtue of section 41 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970, as having been adjudged to be paid on conviction by such a court.
- (c) the reference in paragraph (a) to “*the court*” includes a reference to a court to which the function in that paragraph has been transferred by virtue of a transfer of fine order under section 89(1) or (3) or 90(1)(a) of the 1980 Act (power of magistrates’ court to make transfer of fine order) or under section section 222(1)(a) or (b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (analogous provision as respects Scotland) and a reference to a court to which that function has been remitted by virtue of section 196(2) of the said Act of 1975 (enforcement of fine imposed by High Court of Justiciary).
- (3A) This section applies in relation to a surcharge imposed under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 as if any reference in subsection (1) or (3) above to a fine included a reference to a surcharge.
- (4) In this section—
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## SCHEDULE 13
#### Reciprocal enforcement of certain orders.
##### 20A
- (1) A person who is charged with an offence who, in furnishing a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request—
- (a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;
- (b) recklessly furnishes a statement which is false in a material particular; or
- (c) knowingly fails to disclose any material fact,
shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or both.
- (1A) A person who is charged with an offence who fails to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
- (2) For the purposes of this section an official request is a request which—
- (a) is made by the designated officer for the magistrates’ court or the appropriate officer of the Crown Court, as the case may be; and
- (b) is expressed to be made for informing the court, in the event of his being convicted, of his financial circumstances for the purpose of determining the amount of any fine the court may impose and how it should be paid.
- (3) Proceedings in respect of an offence under this section may, notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the 1980 Act (limitation of time), be commenced at any time within two years from the date of the commission of the offence or within six months from its first discovery by the prosecutor, whichever period expires the earlier.
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##### 20A
- (1) A person who is charged with an offence who, in furnishing a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request—
- (a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;
- (b) recklessly furnishes a statement which is false in a material particular; or
- (c) knowingly fails to disclose any material fact,
shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or both.
- (1A) A person who is charged with an offence who fails to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
- (2) For the purposes of this section an official request is a request which—
- (a) is made by the designated officer for the magistrates’ court or the appropriate officer of the Crown Court, as the case may be; and
- (b) is expressed to be made for informing the court, in the event of his being convicted, of his financial circumstances for the purpose of determining the amount of any fine the court may impose and how it should be paid.
- (3) Proceedings in respect of an offence under this section may, notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the 1980 Act (limitation of time), be commenced at any time within two years from the date of the commission of the offence or within six months from its first discovery by the prosecutor, whichever period expires the earlier.
#### Default in other cases.
#### Alteration of certain penalties.
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#### Duty to release short-term and long-term prisoners.
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[^c13766961]: Words in s. 24(3)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by [1995 c. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/40), [ss. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/40/section/5), [7(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/40/section/7/2), [Sch. 4 para. 80(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/40/schedule/4/paragraph/80/2/c)
[^c19713261]: S. 24(3A) inserted (1.4.2007) by [Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28), [ss. 58(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/58/1), [60](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/60); Sch. 10 para. 30 ; [S.I. 2007/602](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/602), [art. 2(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/602/article/2/b/c)
[^c13766971]: Words in s. 24(4) substituted (1.9.1994) by [1994 c. 22](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22), [ss. 63](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/63), [66(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/66/1), [Sch. 3 para. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/schedule/3/paragraph/30) (with [s. 57(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/57/4))
[^c13766981]: [1979 c. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2).
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[^c13782851]: [Sch. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/schedule/9) (paras. 1 - 9) wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see [s. 102(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/102/2/3) and [S.I. 1992/333](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333/article/2/2), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333/schedule/2).
#### Provision of court security officers.
#### The Parole Board.
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#### The Parole Board.
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