Section 113H Basic false statement offences in connection with sections 113D to 113FF1
A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with section 113D or 113E and without reasonable excuse, the person makes a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular.
A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a notice under section 113F and without reasonable excuse, the person makes a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular.
Where an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is committed by a firm, the offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
on summary conviction in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 113A-113I inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 46(5), 219(1)(2)(b)
Notes on Part 8
Modifications
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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
- C2
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Notes on General Duty to keep register
Textual amendments
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Pt. 8 Ch. 2 cross-heading substituted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 46(3), 219(1)(2)(b)