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SCHEDULES

Section 31.

SCHEDULE 6
Increase of fines for certain summary offences

1 Enactment creating offence	2 Penalty enactment	3 Old maximum fine	4 New maximum fine
Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (c. 47)
Offences under section 54 (miscellaneous offences in thoroughfares, including furious driving, obstructing a thoroughfare and discharging firearms).	Section 54 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967).	£20.	£50.
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (c. 100)
Offences under section 42 (common assault or battery).	Section 42 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967).	£50.	£200.
Offences under section 43 (aggravated assault or battery).	Section 43 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967).	£100.	£500.
Licensing Act 1872 (c. 94)
Offences under the first paragraph of section 12 (being found drunk in a highway or other public place).	Section 12 (as amended by section 1 of the Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962).	£5.	£25.
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60)
Offences under the following provisions— section 287(1)(a) (attempting to board a steamer while drunk or disorderly); section 287(1)(b) (refusing to leave a steamer while drunk or disorderly).	Section 287 (as amended by section 1 of the Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962).	£5.	£25.
Licensing Act 1902 (c. 28)
Offences under section 2(1) (being drunk in a highway or other public place while in charge of a child).	Section 2(1) (as amended by section 1 of the Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962).	£10.	£50.
Protection of Animals Act 1911 (c. 27)
Offences under section 1(1) (inflicting of unnecessary suffering on, and cruelty to, animals).	Section 1(1) (as amended by section 3 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954).	£50.	£500.