{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-77.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Offence of providing false information",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a foreign activity arrangement, and\n(b) the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.\n(2) A person commits an offence if—\n(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\n(b) the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way.\n(3) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person provides information to the Secretary of State under section 74 or 75 in connection with a foreign influence arrangement,\n(b) the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way, and\n(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.\n(4) A person commits an offence if—\n(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,\n(b) the information is false, inaccurate or misleading in a material way, and\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 77 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 77 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}