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Regulation 21 Offences as to securing possession of property

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(1)

Where a person makes a declaration with a view to securing the return of a vehicle and the declaration is that the vehicle was not being, or had not been, used in contravention of section 2 of the 1995 Act, and the declaration is to the person’s knowledge either false or in any material respect misleading, he is guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.