(1)A person carrying out a valuation or making a report under section 103 or 104, with respect to any consideration proposed to be accepted or given by a company, is entitled to require from the officers of the company such information and explanation as he thinks necessary to enable him to carry out the valuation or make the report and provide a note under section 108(6) or (as the case may be) section 109(2)(c).
(2)A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which—
(a)is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, and
(b)is a statement to which this subsection applies,
is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.
(3)Subsection (2) applies to any statement made (whether orally or in writing) to a person carrying out a valuation or making a report under section 108 or 109, being a statement which conveys or purports to convey any information or explanation which that person requires, or is entitled to require, under subsection (1) of this section.
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