Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997

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Offences.

5.—(1) A respondent who contravenes an excluding order or an interim excluding order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

(2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to the law as to contempt of court or any other liability, whether civil or criminal, that may be incurred by the respondent concerned.