Legislation – Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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PART 1Sexual offences
CHAPTER 2Anonymity and privacy
Anonymity of victims
Increase in penalty for breach of anonymity10
(1)
Section 5 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (offences) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1) omit the words from “and liable” to “standard scale”.
(3)
“(1A)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.”.