Part 8Investigations
C1Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland
F3Unexplained wealth orders
Ss. 362A-362I and cross-heading inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 1, 58(1)(6) (as amended (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/742, regs. 1, 109(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(a)
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.
Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to modify conferred (20.3.2015) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 47, 61(2); S.I. 2015/813, art. 2(b)