# County Courts Act 1984, Section 135: Penalty for falsely pretending to act under authority of court.


Any person who—
(a) delivers or causes to be delivered to any other person any paper falsely purporting to be a copy of any summons or other process of the county court , knowing it to be false; or
(b) acts or professes to act under any false colour or pretence of the process or authority of the county court ;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall for each offence be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/28/section/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984/section-135
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