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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 3 - Criminal damage to property » Subdivision (2) - Injuries to buildings &c. by rioters and forcible entries and detainers
207 Forcible entry
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(2)No person being in actual possession of land for a period of less than three years by himself or his predecessors shall without colour of right hold possession of it in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or a reasonable apprehension of a breach of the peace against a person entitled by law to the possession of the land and able and willing to afford reasonable information as to his being so entitled.
(3)Every person who is guilty of a contravention of this section shall be guilty of a summary offence and liable to level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) or a level 10 fine or both.
S. 207(3) amended by Nos 9554 s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 55), 9576 s. 11(1), 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 54), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 74(a)(b)).