# Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1883, Section 9: Punishment for obtaining pension, &c. by fraud.


Where a person obtains any pension, gratuity, or allowance under this Act by any false representation or false evidence, or by personation, or by malingering or feigning disease or infirmity, or by maiming or injuring himself, or causing himself to be maimed or injured, or otherwise producing disease or infirmity, or by any other fraudulent conduct, such person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty poundslevel 2 on the standard scale or to imprisonment, . . . for a period not exceeding three months, and also to forfeit the pension, gratuity, or allowance obtained.
Offences against this section may be prosecuted, and penalties recovered, in a summary manner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/14/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/constabulary-and-police-ireland-act-1883/section-9
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