# The Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, Article 110: Offences connected with name and status


(1) A charity trustee of a CIO or a person on the CIO’s behalf who issues or authorises the issue of any document referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of Article 109(1) which fails to comply with the requirements of Article 109(1) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) A charity trustee of a CIO or a person on the CIO’s behalf who signs or authorises to be signed on behalf of the CIO any document referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of Article 109(1) which fails to comply with the requirements of Article 109(1) or (4)—
(a) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and
(b) shall be personally liable to the holder of the bill of exchange (etc.) for the amount of it, unless it is duly paid by the CIO.
(3) A person who holds any body out as being a CIO when it is not (however he does this) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (3) to prove that he believed on reasonable grounds that the body was a CIO.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800677/article/110 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-110
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