# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Section 19: Provision of rules with intent to mislead or defraud


(1) A person commits an offence if, with intent to mislead or defraud, the person gives to any other person—
(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
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-19
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