LEGAL WARNING
Part II, Criminal Law Act 1977
As amended by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
TAKE NOTICE
THAT we live in this property, it is our home and we intend to stay here.
THAT at all times there is at least one person in this property.
THAT any entry or attempt to enter into these premises without our permission is therefore a criminal offence, as any one of us who is in physical possession is opposed to such entry without our permission.
THAT if you attempt to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecture you. You may receive a sentence of upto six months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.
THAT if you want to get us out you will have to issue a claim for possession in the County Court or in the High Court, or produce to us a written statement or certificate in terms of S.12 A Criminal Law Act, 1977 (as inserted by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, 1994).
THAT it is an offence under S.12A(8) Criminal Law Act 1977 (as amended) to knowingly make a false statement for the purposes of S.12A. A person guilty of such an offence may receive a sentence of up to six months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.
Signed
The Occupiers
N.B. Signing this Legal Warning is optional. It is equally valid whether or not it is signed
"Social centres are abandoned buildings - warehouses, factories, military forts, schools - that have been occupied by squatters and transformed into cultural and political hubs, explicitly free from both the market, and from state control... Though it may be hard to tell at first, the social centres aren't ghettos, they are windows — not only into another way to live, disengaged from the state, but also into a new politics of engagement. And yes, it's something maybe beautiful." (Klein, 2001).
