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(1)A person commits an offence if—
(a)for the purpose of procuring the formation of a civil partnership, or a document mentioned in subsection (2), he—
(i)makes or signs a declaration required under this Part or Part 5, or
(ii)gives a notice or certificate so required,
knowing that the declaration, notice or certificate is false,
(b)for the purpose of a record being made in any register relating to civil partnerships, he—
(i)makes a statement as to any information which is required to be registered under this Part or Part 5, or
(ii)causes such a statement to be made,
knowing that the statement is false,
(c)he forbids the issue of a document mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) by representing himself to be a person whose consent to a civil partnership between a child and another person is required under this Part or Part 5, knowing the representation to be false, or
(d)with respect to a declaration made under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 he makes a statement mentioned in paragraph 6 of that Schedule which he knows to be false in a material particular.
(2)The documents are—
(a)a civil partnership schedule or a Registrar General’s licence under Chapter 1;
(b)a document required by an Order in Council under section 210 or 211 as an authority for two people to register as civil partners of each other;
(c)a certificate of no impediment under section 240.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to a fine (or both);
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(4)The Perjury Act 1911 (c. 6) has effect as if this section were contained in it.
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