Criminal Justice (Unlicenced Money-Lending) Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would make unlicensed money-lending and threatening demands for payment an offence, where done to make a gain or cause someone else a loss. Courts could ban offenders from contacting or approaching victims for a set period; they could also impose such a ban even where there is not enough evidence for a conviction, if justice requires it. Breaching the ban could itself be an offence, with penalties of up to a €1,500 fine or 12 months’ imprisonment on summary conviction, or up to 14 years’ imprisonment on indictment.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the punishment imposed on a person who engages in unlicenced money-lending shall include a prohibition on a person convicted of the offence of unlicenced money-lending from subjecting the victim(s) of the offence of unlicenced money-lending to harassment for such defined period as the Court may specify and in circumstances where, on the evidence given, the Court is not satisfied that a person should be so convicted, the Court may nevertheless make an order prohibiting a person from communicating with any person for such defined period as the Court may specify and to provide for related matters

Last updated 25 April 2018