{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6",
  "legislation_title": "Perjury Act 1911",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "False declarations, &c. to obtain registration, &c. for carrying on a vocation.",
  "text": "If any person—\n(a) procures or attempts to procure himself to be registered on any register or roll kept under or in pursuance of any public general Act of Parliament for the time being in force of persons qualified by law to practise any vocation or calling; or\n(b) procures or attempts to procure a certificate of the registration of any person on any such register or roll as aforesaid,\nby wilfully making or producing or causing to be made or produced either verbally or in writing, any declaration, certificate, or representation which he knows to be false or fraudulent, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on conviction thereof on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months, or to a fine, or to both such imprisonment and fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:13:03.703020+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."
}