Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020
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Amendment of section 10 of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 | ||
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10. Section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 is amended by— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), the substitution of “communicating with or about him or her” for “communicating with him or her”, | ||
(b) in subsection (3), the substitution of “communicate by any means with or about the other person” for “communicate by any means with the other person”, and | ||
(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): | ||
“(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or both.”. |