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(1)A person commits an offence if he issues a civil partnership schedule knowing that he does so—
(a)before the waiting period in relation to each notice of proposed civil partnership has expired,
(b)after the end of the applicable period, or
(c)at a time when its issue has been forbidden under Schedule 2 by a person entitled to forbid its issue.
(2)A person commits an offence if, in his actual or purported capacity as a civil partnership registrar, he officiates at the signing of a civil partnership schedule by proposed civil partners knowing that he does so—
(a)at a place other than the place specified in the notices of proposed civil partnership and the civil partnership schedule,
(b)in the absence of a civil partnership registrar,
(c)before the waiting period in relation to each notice of proposed civil partnership has expired, or
(d)even though the civil partnership is void under section 49(b) or (c).
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or both).
(4)A prosecution under this section may not be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.
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