# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016, Regulation 137: Absent signing


A person who—
(a) in any declaration or form used for absent signing of a petition, makes a statement which that person knows to be false, or
(b) attests an application for absent signing of a petition when that person knows that they are not authorised to do so or that it contains a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/regulation/137 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-137
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