{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-83",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-83.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/73",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Falsification of consignment notes and records.",
  "text": "Any person who makes, or causes to be made, any. . . document required to be made under section. . . 81 of this Act which he knows to be false or, with intent to deceive, alters or causes to be altered any such. . . document shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £200;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 126), Sch. 9 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/section/83",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:29.968251+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."
}