{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-19",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/14",
  "legislation_title": "Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Provision of rules with intent to mislead or defraud",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, with intent to mislead or defraud, the person gives to any other person—\n(a) a copy of any rules other than the registered rules of a registered society on the pretence that they are the society's existing rules or that there are no other rules of the society, or\n(b) a copy of the rules of a society which is not a registered society on the pretence that they are the rules of a registered society.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:41.913207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}