Part III Offences
Other offences
44 Forgery and fraud.
1
A person is guilty of an offence if he forges, fraudulently alters, fraudulently uses, fraudulently lends or fraudulently allows to be used by another person anything to which subsection (2) applies.
2
This subsection applies to—
a
a vehicle licence,
b
a trade licence,
F1c
a nil licence,
d
a registration mark,
e
a registration document, and
f
a trade plate (including a replacement trade plate).
3
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or (except in Scotland) to both.