(1)A person commits an offence if, in connection with any charitable appeal, he displays or uses—
(a)a prescribed badge or prescribed certificate of authority which is not for the time being held by him for the purposes of the appeal pursuant to regulations under section 63, or
(b)any badge or article, or any certificate or other document, so nearly resembling a prescribed badge or (as the case may be) a prescribed certificate of authority as to be likely to deceive a member of the public.
(2)A person commits an offence if—
(a)for the purposes of an application made under section 51 or section 58, or
(b)for the purposes of section 49 or section 50,
he knowingly or recklessly furnishes any information which is false or misleading in a material particular.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4)In subsection (1) “prescribed badge” and “prescribed certificate of authority” mean respectively a badge and a certificate of authority in such form as may be prescribed.