Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
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Penalties. |
7.— A person guilty of an offence under section 2 or 3 shall be liable— | |
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment or both according to the gravity of the Schedule 1 offence or Schedule 2 offence, as the case may be, concerned in respect of which the person failed to disclose information that he or she had as soon as it was practicable to do so to a member of the Garda Síochána, in the following manner: | ||
(i) if the Schedule 1 offence or Schedule 2 offence, as the case may be, concerned is one for which the maximum sentence is imprisonment for life, he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years; | ||
(ii) if it is one for which a person of full capacity and not previously convicted may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 14 years, he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years; | ||
(iii) if it is not one included in subparagraph (i) or (ii) but is one for which a person of full capacity and not previously convicted may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 10 years, he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years; | ||
(iv) in any other case, he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years. |