42.—(1) Any person wilfully and corruptly endorsing on a civil bill, or other process or document initiating or relating to any civil proceedings in a county court, any false statement in relation to the service thereof shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who—
(a)delivers or causes to be delivered to any other person any paper falsely purporting to be, or to be a copy of, any civil bill or other process of a county court, knowing it to be false; or
(b)acts or professes to act under any false colour or pretence of the process or authority of a county court;
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding[F1 level 3 on the standard scale] or to both such imprisonment and such fine.
(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), any person who delivers or causes to be delivered to any other person any document which, not having been issued under the authority of a county court, has by reason of its form (including its colour) or contents or both the appearance of having been issued under such authority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F1 level 3 on the standard scale].