Section 1(1) increased the penalties to which a person guilty of an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 (conduct conducive to breach of the peace) or under section 1(1) of the Public Meeting Act 1908 (endeavouring to break up meetings) was liable. It also provided that the offence under the Public Order Act 1936 was to become triable on indictment. It provided that a person guilty of either of those offences was liable on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding £500, or to both, or on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both. This did not apply to offences committed before 31 July 1963.[4]
Consequential amendmentsedit
Section 1(2) effected consequential amendments to section 7(2) of the Public Order Act 1936 and section 1(1) of the Public Meetings Act 1908 which had previously specified the penalty and mode of trial for those two offences.
public, order, 1963, parliament, united, kingdom, parliament, united, kingdomlong, titlean, increase, penalties, offences, under, section, public, order, 1936, section, public, meeting, 1908, citation1963, 52territorial, extent, england, wales, scotland, dates. The Public Order Act 1963 1 c 52 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Public Order Act 1963 1 Parliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to increase the penalties for offences under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 and section 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908 Citation1963 c 52Territorial extent England and Wales and Scotland 2 DatesRoyal assent31 July 1963Commencement31 July 1963 3 Status AmendedText of statute as originally enactedRevised text of statute as amended Contents 1 Changes to penalties and mode of trial 2 Consequential amendments 3 See also 4 ReferencesChanges to penalties and mode of trial editSection 1 1 increased the penalties to which a person guilty of an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 conduct conducive to breach of the peace or under section 1 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908 endeavouring to break up meetings was liable It also provided that the offence under the Public Order Act 1936 was to become triable on indictment It provided that a person guilty of either of those offences was liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding 500 or to both or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding 100 or to both This did not apply to offences committed before 31 July 1963 4 Consequential amendments editSection 1 2 effected consequential amendments to section 7 2 of the Public Order Act 1936 and section 1 1 of the Public Meetings Act 1908 which had previously specified the penalty and mode of trial for those two offences See also editPublic Order ActReferences edit a b This short title was conferred by section 2 1 of the act The Public Order Act 1963 section 2 2 The Act came into force on receiving royal assent because no other date was specified The Public Order Act 1963 section 1 3 nbsp This legislation in the United Kingdom or its constituent jurisdictions article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Public Order Act 1963 amp oldid 1189727309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
