Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919

General U.K.

13 Offences and penalties. U.K.

(1) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act . . . F1 , he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(2) If any person aids or abets any person in any contravention of this Act or knowingly harbours any person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to have acted in contravention of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3 Level 3 on the standard scale][F3 one hundred pounds] or to imprisonment, [F4 with or without hard labour], for a term not exceeding six months, or, on a second or subsequent conviction, twelve months, or, in either case, to both such fine and imprisonment.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1, Sch. Pt. XIII

F2 Ss. 13 (3), 14 (1) repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), s. 34 (1), Sch. 6

F3 Words beginning “level 3”substituted (S.) for words beginning “one”by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

F4 Words repealed (N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 14), s. 1 (2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)

C2 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (S.)

C3 S. 13(4) amended as to imprisonment with hard labour (E.W.)(S.) by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1 (2)

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 13 (3), 14 (1) repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), s. 34 (1), Sch. 6

F6 Ss. 14 (2), 15, 16 (2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. V

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 14 (2), 15, 16 (2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. V

16 †Short title and repeal. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, and the principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Aliens Restriction Acts, 1914 and 1919.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 14 (2), 15, 16 (2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. V

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Unreliable marginal note