Offences
376.A freezing order may include any of the following provisions providing for offences.
377.A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with a prohibition imposed by an order or facilitates the breach of a freezing order by another person. A person does not commit these offences if he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the person to whom funds were made available was the person specified in the freezing order. On summary conviction, a person guilty of an offence under either provision is subject to imprisonment for up to 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. On conviction on indictment, a person guilty of an offence under either such provision is subject to imprisonment for up to 2 years or to a fine or to both.
378.A person commits an offence if he fails, without reasonable excuse to provide information or a document as required by an order. A person commits an offence if he provides information or a document which he knows includes information which is false in a material particular, or he does so recklessly. On summary conviction, a person guilty of an offence under either such provision is subject to imprisonment for up to 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
