Clause 95 - Fixing of fines: Failure to furnish statement
Courts Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr Christopher Leslie (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs; Shipley, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 151, in
clause 95, page 46, line 42, at end insert—
'( ) Amend section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) (false statements as to financial circumstances) as follows.
( ) After subsection (1) insert—
''(1A) A person who is charged with an offence who fails to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.''
( ) In subsection (2)(b), after ''may impose'', insert ''and how it should be paid''.'.