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Paragraph 4B F1

United Kingdom

(1)

Any person who causes or permits to be included in a statement sent to the Commission under paragraph 4 above as applied by this paragraph any information which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly causes or permits to be so included any information which is false in a material particular 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 a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

(2)

Any friendly society which makes default in complying with paragraph 4 above as so applied shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3 para. 4B inserted (prosp.) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), ss. 97, 126(2), Sch. 17 para. 19(1) (with ss. 7(5), 93(4))

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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Act repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 3(1)(a)

Act continued for certain purposes (subject to modifications) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2967, arts. 1(2), 9, 11, Sch. 1 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/3538, art. 1(2)

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

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Power to amend Sch. 3 conferred by Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50, SIF 67), s. 67(4)

Sch. 3: functions made exercisable by, or by employees of, such person as may be authorised in that behalf by the Treasury (18.11.1998) by S.I. 1998/2842, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II para. 63(e)