Article 9.18 False claim of status as creditor
(1)
Where the Rules provide for creditors of a protected railway company a right to inspect any documents, whether on the court’s file or in the hands of the special railway administrator or other person, it is an offence for a person, with the intention of obtaining a sight of documents which he has not under the Rules any right to inspect, falsely to claim a status which would entitle him to inspect them.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this Rule is liable—
(a)
in summary proceedings, to a maximum of six months' imprisonment or a fine of the statutory maximum, or both;
(b)
on indictment, to two years' imprisonment or a fine, or both.