{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/24",
  "legislation_title": "Limited Partnerships Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "False statements: aggravated offence",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person knowingly to—\n(a) deliver or cause to be delivered to the registrar, for the purposes of this Act, a document that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, or\n(b) make to the registrar, for the purposes of this Act, a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular.\n(2) Where the offence is committed by a legal entity, every managing officer of the entity who is in default also commits the offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).\n(4) A managing officer is “in default” for the purposes of this section if they authorise or permit, participate in, or fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent, the contravention.\n(5) But a corporate managing officer does not commit an offence as a managing officer in default unless one of its managing officers is in default.\n(6) Where any such offence is committed by a corporate managing officer the managing officer in question also commits the offence (subject to subsection (5)).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 34, 35 inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 146, 219(1)(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/24/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:17.808747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}