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Misleading applications for licences
17.—(1) Where for the purpose of obtaining any licence under this Order any person either —
(a)makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular; or
(b)recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) shall be liable —
(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5000 or the equivalent; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both,
and any licence which may have been granted by the Governor in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information was furnished shall be void as from the time it was granted.
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