Paragraph 3

Any person who in a certificate tendered under paragraph 1 in a magistrates' court, a county court, the Crown Court or the Court of Appeal makes a statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

(b)

on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: mod. by 2005 c. 2

Notes on Schedule 3

Textual amendments

F1: prosp. rep. by 1999 NI 8