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(1)If any person, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person—
(a)any grant under this Act, or any payment under section 12 thereof, or
(b)in England or Wales, any grant under section 15 of the [1940 c. 14.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 or section 5 of the [1944 c. 28.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (grants in respect of field drainage, improvement of ditches, and the supply of water to agricultural land and farm-houses and cottages), or
(c)any payment under section 13 of the [1946 c. 73.] Hill Farming Act 1946 (subsidies for hill sheep and hill cattle), or
(d)any payment under the [1952 c. 62.] Agriculture (Calf Subsidies) Act 1952, or
(e)any grant under section 10(1) of the [1963 c. 11.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963 (winter keep grants),
or for the purpose of inducing the appropriate Minister or a Rural Development Board to make a loan or guarantee under section 28 or section 47 of this Act, knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement he shall be liable—
(i)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both,
(ii)on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.
(2)This section extends to Northern Ireland.
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