- (b) he obtains them without any payment having been made for or in respect of them or without payment having been made in full, and
- (c) when he obtains them, he knows—
- (i) that they are being made available on the basis described in paragraph (a), or
- (ii) that they might be,
- but intends that payment will not be made, or will not be made in full.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or to both);
- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or to both).
(4) Subsection (3)(a) applies in relation to Northern Ireland as if the reference to 12 months were a reference to 6 months.
Supplementary
12 Liability of company officers for offences by company
(1) Subsection (2) applies if an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate.
(2) If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of— (a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or (b) a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(3) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (2) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
13 Evidence
(1) A person is not to be excused from—
- (a) answering any question put to him in proceedings relating to property, or
- (b) complying with any order made in proceedings relating to property,
on the ground that doing so may incriminate him or his spouse or civil partner of an offence under this Act or a related offence.
(2) But, in proceedings for an offence under this Act or a related offence, a statement or admission made by the person in—
- (a) answering such a question, or
- (b) complying with such an order,
is not admissible in evidence against him or (unless they married or became civil partners after the making of the statement or admission) his spouse or civil partner.
(3) “Proceedings relating to property” means any proceedings for—
