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Section 12 Penalty for forging certificate.C2C1

Any person who commits any of the following offences; (that is to say,)

(1)

Makes false representations with a view to obtain a pedlar’s certificate under this Act:

F1(2)

Forges or counterfeits a pedlar’s certificate granted under this Act:

(3)

. . . F2

(4)

Aids in making or procures to be made such forged or counterfeited certificate . . .

(5)

Travels with, produces, or shows any such forged or counterfeited certificate . . .

shall for the first offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding F3level 2 on the standard scale, and for any subsequent offence, either instead of or in addition to such penalty, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six months, . . . F4

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 12, paras. (2), (4) and (5) repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I

F2

Words repealed by Pedlars Act 1881 (c. 45), Sch.

F3

Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G

F4

Words omitted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2) and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(2)

Modifications

C1

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (S.)

C2

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (E.W.)