Harbours Act 1964

45 Penalisation of furnishing false information

A person who—

(a) for the purpose of obtaining the grant or variation of an authorisation under section 9 of this Act, or in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under section 4 or 41 of this Act, gives any information which he knows to be false in a material particular or makes a statement which he knows to be so false or recklessly gives any information which is so false or recklessly makes any statement which is so false; or

(b) with intent to deceive, produces for the purposes of section 10 of this Act a book, record or other document which is false in a material particular;

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

(i) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both ;

(ii) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.