Section 795 Notice requiring information: offencesI1

(1)

A person who—

(a)

fails to comply with a notice under section 793 (notice requiring information about interests in company's shares), or

(b)

in purported compliance with such a notice—

(i)

makes a statement that he knows to be false in a material particular, or

(ii)

recklessly makes a statement that is false in a material particular,

commits an offence.

(2)

A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1)(a) if he proves that the requirement to give information was frivolous or vexatious.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)

on summary conviction—

(i)

in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

(ii)

in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).

Annotations

I1: S. 795 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(d) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

C1: 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