LEGAL BULLETIN
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D cause for believing to be, an illegal entrant is guilty of an offence punishable in the Magistrates Court with a fine or with imprisonment of up to six months or both.
In the Crown Court the penalty is an unlimited fine and imprisonment up to seven years, or both. In a recent case at Canterbury Crown Court, sentences of five years and three years' imprisonment were imposed for trying to smuggle 12 illegal immigrants into Britain in the back of a refrigerated container packed with meat. registration number and country of registration, type of transporter including any identifying features.
+ If payment is not made within 21 days, the matter will be referred to court for permission to sell;
+ other interested parties can be invited to join in the proceedings;
• service of a notice is by a person delivering it to a person or leaving it at his proper address or by first class registered/ recorded post, fax or email; + following the sale there are special procedures for dealing with the monies, which include dealing with payment of the penalty and expenses first before distributing the surplus.