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Legislation
Companies Act 2006

Crossheading General provisions

  • Section 1125 Meaning of “daily default fine”
  • Section 1126 Consents required for certain prosecutions
  • Section 1127 Summary proceedings: venue
  • Section 1128 Summary proceedings: time limit for proceedings
  • Section 1129 Legal professional privilege
  • Section 1130 Proceedings against unincorporated bodies
  • Section 1131 Imprisonment on summary conviction in England and Wales: transitory provision
  1. General provisions
  2. Imprisonment on summary conviction in England and Wales: transitory provision

Section 1131 | Imprisonment on summary conviction in England and Wales: transitory provision

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)This section applies to any provision of the Companies Acts that provides that a person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction in England and Wales to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court.F1

(2)In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, for “the general limit in a magistrates’ court” substitute “six months”.F2F3

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in s. 1131(1) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

  2. F2

    Words in s. 1131(2) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1

  3. F3

    Words in s. 1131(2) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

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