[F1(1)In Scotland, if any person forges any seal or distinguishing mark on any form issued under this Act or fraudulently alters any such form he shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment or to both.]
(2)If any person—
[F2(a)when a form approved by the Board is, under the Second Part of this Act, required to be used, uses without reasonable cause a form not purporting to be a form so approved;] or
(b)prints, sells, or uses any document purporting to be a form approved by the Board of Trade, knowing the same not to be the form approved for the time being, or not to have been prepared or issued by the Board of Trade,
that person shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding [F3[F4£50]][F3level 2 on the standard scale]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 722(1) repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I
S. 722(1) substituted (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(3), Sch. 4 para.23; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2)
F2S. 722(2)(a) repealed (prosp.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), ss. 100, 101(4), Sch. 5
F3Words “level 2 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.S.) for “£50” by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
F4Word substituted by virtue of Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), s. 43(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I