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Demands for payment of debt causing alarm, etc.
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11.—(1) A person who makes any demand for payment of a debt shall be guilty of an offence if—
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(a) the demands by reason of their frequency are calculated to subject the debtor or a member of the family of the debtor to alarm, distress or humiliation, or
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(b) the person falsely represents that criminal proceedings lie for non-payment of the debt, or
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(c) the person falsely represents that he or she is authorised in some official capacity to enforce payment, or
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(d) the person utters a document falsely represented to have an official character.
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500.
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