Version Superseded: 24/06/2014
Point in time view as at 01/02/2011. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 113 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he does anything which he is prohibited from doing by—
(a)a sexual offences prevention order;
(b)an interim sexual offences prevention order;
(c)an order under section 5A of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51) (restraining orders);
(d)an order under section 2, 2A or 20 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in England and Wales and in Scotland);
(e)an order under Article 6 or 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders and interim orders made in Northern Ireland).
(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
(3)Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which he is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge or, in Scotland, a [F1community payback order].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 113(3) substituted (S.) (1.2.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/25), arts. 1, 2, Sch. para. 2(4) (with art. 3)
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