Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996
Intimidation.
13.—(1) A person who utters or sends threats to or, in any way, intimidates or menaces a bureau officer or a member of the staff of the Bureau or any member of the family F12[or the civil partner within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010] of a bureau officer or of a member of the staff of the Bureau shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding F13[€3,000], or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £100,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to both.
Annotations
Amendments:
F12
Inserted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 169 and sch. pt. 5 item 15, S.I. No. 648 of 2010.
F13
Substituted (12.02.2005) by Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005 (1/2005), s. 17, commenced on enactment. A fine of €3,000 translates into a class B fine, not greater than €4,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 5(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
Editorial Notes:
E4
A fine of £100,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €126,973.81. This is multiplied by 1.75 to €222,204.17 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), s. 9(1) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.