# Wages Councils Act 1979, Section 23: Penalties for false entries in records, producing false records or giving false information


If any person makes or causes to be made or knowingly allows to be made any entry in a record required by this Act to be kept by employers, which he knows to be false in a material particular, or for purposes connected with Part III or the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished, any wages sheet, record, list or information which he knows to be false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/12/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979/section-23
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