http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/28/section/135/2007-10-01County Courts Act 1984An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to county courts.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-07-312007-10-01Part IX Miscellaneous and General Summonses and other documents
135 Penalty for falsely pretending to act under authority of court.

Any person who—

(a)

delivers or causes to be delivered to any other person any paper falsely purporting to be a copy of any summons 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 and shall for each offence be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.

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