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44 Forgery and fraud.U.K.
(1)A person is guilty of an offence if he forges, fraudulently alters, fraudulently uses, fraudulently lends or fraudulently allows to be used by another person anything to which subsection (2) applies.
(2)This subsection applies to—
(a)a vehicle licence,
(b)a trade licence,
(c)a document in the form of a licence which is issued in pursuance of regulations under this Act in respect of a vehicle which is an exempt vehicle under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2,
(d)a registration mark,
(e)a registration document, and
(f)a trade plate (including a replacement trade plate).
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or (except in Scotland) to both.
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