Part 5: Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty Offences Hymenoplasty offences: Scotland Section 155: Hymenoplasty offences in Scotland: penalties and supplementary penalties
Section 155(1) details the mode of trial and maximum penalties for the new offences in Scotland. They carry a maximum summary custodial sentence of 12 months or a maximum 5 year custodial sentence on indictment or an unlimited fine or both. The maximum sentence reflects the long-term physical and psychological detrimental effects hymenoplasty can have on the victim.
	Subsection (2) provides that a person committing the hymenoplasty offence outside of Scotland may be prosecuted, tried and punished for the offence in a sheriff court district where they are (a) apprehended or in custody or (b) a sheriff court district where the Lord Advocate decides.