# Merchant Shipping Act 1894, Section 282: Penalty for forgery of certificate or declaration.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If any person—
(a) . . . wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made, a false or fraudulent declaration of survey or passenger steamer’s certificate; or
(b) forges, assists in forging, procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any such declaration or certificate, or anything contained in, or any signature to any such declaration or certificate;
that person shall in respect of each offence be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/57-58/60/section/282 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1894/section-282
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