Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)

Part IV S Offences, Powers of Constables, etc.

Offences of annoying, offensive, obstructive or dangerous behaviour S

55 Touting. S

(1) Any person who—

(a) in a public place—

(i) touts for the purpose of selling or advertising anything or otherwise obtaining custom so as to give any other person reasonable cause for annoyance; or

(ii) importunes any other person for that purpose so as to give that, or any other, person reasonable cause for annoyance; and

(b) fails to desist when required to do so by a constable in uniform,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding [F1 level 2 on the standard scale].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G