# Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, Section 18: Procuring registration of false document.


Any person who procures or attempts to procure the registration under the Registration of Deeds Acts of any document—
(a) knowing the same to be false in any material particular; or
(b) knowing any signature thereon to be false;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or to both; and
(ii)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to an unlimited fine, or to both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/25/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-18
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