Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972

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Increase of penalties under Principal Act.

8.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 26 of the Principal Act:

“Every person who commits or is deemed to have committed an offence under any section of this Act shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £100 (together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £10 for every day on which the offence is continued, but not exceeding £100 in total) or, at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both such fine and such imprisonment, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £500 (together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £50 for every day on which the offence is continued) or, at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both such fine and such imprisonment.”.