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(1)Any person who without lawful authority or excuse has in his custody or under his control any document to which this subsection applies, which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false within the meaning of Part I of the M1Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)Any person who without lawful authority or excuse makes or has in his custody or under his control, any document so closely resembling a document to which subsection (1) above applies as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)The documents to which subsection (1) above applies are any documents purporting to be—
(a)an application under Part II of this Act;
(b)a medical [F1or other] recommendation or report under this Act; and
(c)any other document required or authorised to be made for any of the purposes of this Act.
(4)Any person who—
(a)wilfully makes a false entry or statement in any application, recommendation, report, record or other document required or authorised to be made for any of the purposes of this Act; or
(b)with intent to deceive, makes use of any such entry or statement which he knows to be false,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(5)Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine of any amount, or to both.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 126(3)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 52, ss. 1(2), 7(2), Sch. 1, para. 17
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