Section 77 Penalty for false statements.
England, Wales and Scotland
Any person who in any report made by him under this Act F1. . . makes any statement which he knows to be false shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 77 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XVI Group1
- F2
Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), ss. 32, 34, Sch. 2 para. 1, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(q)(r)