{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whaling-industry-regulation-act-1934/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whaling-industry-regulation-act-1934/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/24-25/49",
  "legislation_title": "Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whaling-industry-regulation-act-1934",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Forgery of documents.",
  "text": "(1) If any person with intent to deceive—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person, a licence or permit under this Act,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; or\n(b) makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling a licence or permit under this Act as to be calculated to deceive;\nhe shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.1992) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 17(3)(c), Sch. 4 Part III (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 9(2) repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland and Northern Ireland only."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/24-25/49/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:36:18.283787+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."
}