
The Home Office's planned knife crime prevention orders (KCPOs) can be imposed on any person aged 12 or over if police believe they are carrying a knife and also on those who have a previous conviction for a knife crime.
The government has stressed that the orders, through May this year's Offensive Weapons Act, are aimed at preventing knife crime and are not a punishment.
Other measures courts could impose as well as curfews, under the proposed orders, are to stop people associating with certain people and restrict which parts of the country or local areas they can visit.
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