Section 4 Unlawful assumption of character of officer, etc.
Northern Ireland
F1 If, for the purpose of obtaining admission to any house or other place, or of doing or procuring to be done any act which he would not be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, any person falsely assumes the name, designation or character of an authorised officer carrying out functions relating to any transferred excise duty, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may have rendered himself liable, be liable—
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceedingF2 level 3 on the standard scale, or to both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to an unlimited fine, or to both.
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Notes on the whole Act
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Act repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.