Part 8Investigations
Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland
F1Unexplained wealth orders
362EOffence
(1)
A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed by an unexplained wealth order, the person—
(a)
makes a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b)
recklessly makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both;
(b)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine, or to both;
(c)
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.
(3)
In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 282 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (increase in maximum sentence on summary conviction of offence triable either way), the reference in subsection (2)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.