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Section 77 Offence of providing false informationI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a foreign activity arrangement, and

(b)

the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.

(2)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a relevant activity which is required to be registered under section 68, and

(b)

the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.

(3)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a foreign influence arrangement,

(b)

the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way, and

(c)

the person knows, or having regard to other matters known to them ought reasonably to know, that the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.

(4)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a political influence activity which is required to be registered under section 72,

(b)

the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way, and

(c)

the person knows, or having regard to other matters known to them ought reasonably to know, that the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 77 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)

I2

S. 77 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2