# Family Law Reform Act 1969, Section 24: Penalty for personating another, etc., for purpose of providing bodily sample.

Extent: E+W

If for the purpose of providing a bodily sample for a test required to give effect to a direction under section 20 of this Act any person personates another, or proffers a child knowing that it is not the child named in the direction, he shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £400.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/46/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1969/section-24
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