{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-318",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-318.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/13",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/318",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "318",
  "heading": "False statements",
  "text": "(1) A person who—\n(a) knowingly makes, in a relevant document, an entry or statement which is false in a material particular; or\n(b) with intent to deceive, makes use of any such entry or statement knowing it to be false,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a “relevant document”—\n(a) is—\n(i) an application under this Act;\n(ii) a document accompanying any such application; or\n(iii) any other document required or authorised to be granted, prepared, sent or given for any of the purposes of this Act; but\n(b) does not include—\n(i) a nomination of a named person in accordance with section 250(2) of this Act;\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) an advance statement.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 318(2)(b)(ii) repealed (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 22(3), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch. (with arts. 13-15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 318 in force at 5.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/318",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:46.625109+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."
}