# Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840, Section 8


Every person who . . . . . . shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any of such registers or records any false entry of any birth or baptism, naming or dedication, death or burial, or marriage, or shall wilfully give any false certificate, or shall certify any writing to be an extract from any register or record knowing the same register or record to be false in any part thereof, . . . . . . shall be guilty of felony.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3-4/92/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-parochial-registers-act-1840/section-8
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