Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962
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1 Increase of penalties for drunkenness, etc.
(1) The maximum penalty to which a person is liable on any conviction for an offence under the provisions mentioned in this section shall, in the case of offences committed after the commencement of this Act, be increased as follows, that is to say— (a) to a fine not exceeding five pounds where the conviction is under any of the provisions specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section (which relate to offences of being drunk in public places or licensed premises or refusing to leave or attempting to enter a refreshment house or ship when drunk or disorderly); and (b) to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month where the conviction is under any of the provisions specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection (which relate to offences of drunkenness in aggravating circumstances or violent or indecent behaviour at police stations). (2) The said provisions are— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) any other provision of the said section twelve . . . ; section fifty-eight of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839; section thirty-seven of the City of London Police Act 1839; section twenty-nine of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, as incorporated in any other enactment; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Increase of penalties for drunkenness, etc.
(1) The maximum penalty to which a person is liable on any conviction for an offence under the provisions mentioned in this section shall, in the case of offences committed after the commencement of this Act, be increased as follows, that is to say— (a) to a fine not exceeding five pounds where the conviction is under any of the provisions specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section (which relate to offences of being drunk in public places or licensed premises or refusing to leave or attempting to enter a refreshment house or ship when drunk or disorderly); and (b) to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month where the conviction is under any of the provisions specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection (which relate to offences of drunkenness in aggravating circumstances or violent or indecent behaviour at police stations). (2) The said provisions are— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) any other provision of the said section twelve . . . ; section fifty-eight of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839; section thirty-seven of the City of London Police Act 1839; section twenty-nine of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, as incorporated in any other enactment; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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