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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Paragraph 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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1U.K.Section 50(4), 68(3) and 170(3) of this Act shall have effect in a case where the goods in respect of which the offence referred to in that subsection was committed were a Class A drug [, Class B drug or a temporary class drug] as if for the words from shall be liable onwards there were substituted the following words, that is to say—
“shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a penalty of [the prescribed sum][£20,000] or of three times the value of the goods, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both;
[(b)on conviction on indictment—
(i)where the goods were a Class A drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for life, or to both; and
(ii)where they were a Class B drug [ or a temporary class drug], to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both.”].
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