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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-647",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-647.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/647",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "647",
  "heading": "Offences in connection with list of creditors",
  "text": "(1) If an officer of the company—\n(a) intentionally or recklessly—\n(i) conceals the name of a creditor entitled to object to the reduction of capital, or\n(ii) misrepresents the nature or amount of the debt or claim of a creditor, or\n(b) is knowingly concerned in any such concealment or misrepresentation,\nhe commits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/647",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+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."
}