Broadcasting and Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1988

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1968.

18.—Subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act of 1968 is hereby amended by the substitution of “£1,000” and “£20,000” for “£100” and “£500”, respectively, and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to both such imprisonment and such fine, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding £20,000 or to both such fine and such imprisonment.