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 F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court, 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 F32 May 2022, the reference in subsection (2)(b) to F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.