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(1) Every company shall cause a copy of every instrument creating a charge requiring registration under this Chapter to be kept at the company’s registered office. (2) In the case of a series of uniform debentures, a copy of one debenture of the series is sufficient.
Propose a change(1) Every company shall keep at its registered office a register of charges and enter in it all charges specifically affecting property of the company, and all floating charges on any property of the company. (2) There shall be given in each case a short description of the property charged, the amount of the charge and, except in the case of securities to bearer, the names of the persons entitled to it. (3) If an officer of the company knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the omission of an entry required to be made in pursuance of this section, he is liable to a fine.
Propose a change(1) The copies of instruments creating charges requiring registration under this Chapter with the registrar of companies, and the register of charges kept in pursuance of section 422, shall be open during business hours (but subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company in general meeting may impose, so that not less than 2 hours in each day be allowed for inspection) to the inspection of any creditor or member of the company without fee. (2) The register of charges shall be open to the inspection of any other person on payment of such fee, not exceeding 5 pence for each inspection, as the company may prescribe. (3) If inspection of the copies or register is refused, every officer of the company who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine. (4) If such a refusal occurs in relation to a company, the court may by order compel an immediate inspection of the copies or register.
Propose a change(1) This Chapter extends to charges on property in Scotland which are created, and to charges on property in Scotland which is acquired, by a company incorporated outside Great Britain which has a place of business in Scotland. (2) In relation to such a company, sections 421 and 422 apply with the substitution, for the reference to the company’s registered office, of a reference to its principal place of business in Scotland.
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Propose a change(1) The Secretary of State may appoint one or more competent inspectors to investigate the affairs of a company and to report the result of their investigations to him . (2) The appointment may be made— (a) in the case of a company having a share capital, on the application either of not less than 200 members or of members holding not less than one-tenth of the shares issued, (excluding any shares held as treasury shares) (b) in the case of a company not having a share capital, on the application of not less than one-fifth in number of the persons on the company’s register of members, and (c) in any case, on application of the company. (3) The application shall be supported by such evidence as the Secretary of State may require for the purpose of showing that the applicant or applicants have good reason for requiring the investigation. (4) The Secretary of State may, before appointing inspectors, require the applicant or applicants to give security, to an amount not exceeding £5,000, or such other sum as he may by order specify, for payment of the costs of the investigation. An order under this subsection shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Propose a change(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint one or more competent inspectors to investigate the affairs of a company and report the result of their investigations to him, if the court by order declares that its affairs out to be so investigated. (2) The Secretary of State may make such an appointment if it appears to him that there are circumstances suggesting— (a) that the company’s affairs are being or have been conducted with intent to defraud its creditors or the creditors of any other person, or otherwise for a fraudulent or unlawful purpose, or in a manner which is unfairly prejudicial to some part of its members, or (b) that any actual or proposed act or omission of the company (including an act or omission on its behalf) is or would be so prejudicial, or that the company was formed for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose, or (c) that persons concerned with the company’s formation or the management of its affairs have in connection therewith been guilty of fraud, misfeasance or other misconduct towards it or towards its members, or (d) that the company’s members have not been given all the information with respect to its affairs which they might reasonably expect. (2A) Inspectors may be appointed under subsection (2) on terms that any report they may make is not for publication; and in such a case, the provisions of section 437(3) (availability and publication of inspectors’ reports) do not apply. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) are without prejudice to the powers of the Secretary of State under section 431; and the power conferred by subsection (2) is exercisable with respect to a body corporate notwithstanding that it is in course of being voluntarily wound up. (4) The reference in subsection (2)(a) to a company’s members includes any person who is not a member but to whom shares in the company have been transferred or transmitted by operation of law.
Propose a change(1) If inspectors appointed under section 431 or 432 to investigate the affairs of a company think it necessary for the purposes of their investigation to investigate also the affairs of another body corporate which is or at any relevant time has been the company’s subsidiary or holding company, or a subsidiary of its holding company or a holding company of its subsidiary, they have power to do so; and they shall report on the affairs of the other body corporate so far as they think that the results of their investigation of its affairs are relevant to the investigation of the affairs of the company first mentioned above. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Propose a change(1) When inspectors are appointed under section 431 or 432, it is the duty of all officers and agents of the company, and of all officers and agents of any other body corporate whose affairs are investigated under section 433(1)— (a) to produce to the inspectors all documents of or relating to the company or, as the case may be, the other body corporate which are in their custody or power, (b) to attend before the inspectors when required to do so, and (c) otherwise to give the inspectors all assistance in connection with the investigation which they are reasonably able to give. (2) If the inspectors consider that an officer or agent of the company or other body corporate, or any other person, is or may be in possession of information relating to a matter which they believe to be relevant to the investigation, they may require him— (a) to produce to them any documents in his custody or power relating to that matter, (b) to attend before them, and (c) otherwise to give them all assistance in connection with the investigation which he is reasonably able to give; and it is that person’s duty to comply with the requirement. (3) An inspector may for the purposes of the investigation examine any person on oath, and may administer an oath accordingly. (4) In this section a reference to officers or to agents includes past, as well as present, officers or agents (as the case may be); and “agents”, in relation to a company or other body corporate, includes its bankers and solicitors and persons employed by it as auditors, whether these persons are or are not officers of the company or other body corporate. (5) An answer given by a person to a question put to him in exercise of powers conferred by this section (whether as it has effect in relation to an investigation under any of sections 431 to 433, or as applied by any other section in this Part) may be used in evidence against him. (5A) However, in criminal proceedings in which that person is charged with an offence to which this subsection applies— (a) no evidence relating to the answer may be adduced, and (b) no question relating to it may be asked, by or on behalf of the prosecution, unless evidence relating to it is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, in the proceedings by or on behalf of that person. (5B) Subsection (5A) applies to any offence other than— (a) an offence under section 2 or 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements made on oath otherwise than in judicial proceedings or made otherwise than on oath); or (b) an offence under section 44(1) or (2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statements made on oath or otherwise than on oath); or (c) an offence under Article 7 or 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statements made on oath otherwise than in judicial proceedings or made otherwise than on oath). (6) In this section “document” includes information recorded in any form. (7) The power under this section to require production of a document includes power, in the case of a document not in hard copy form, to require the production of a copy of the document— (a) in hard copy form, or (b) in a form from which a hard copy can be readily obtained. (8) An inspector may take copies of or extracts from a document produced in pursuance of this section.
Propose a change(1) If any person— (a) fails to comply with section 434(1)(a) or (c), (b) refuses to comply with a requirement under section 434(1)(b) or (2), or (c) refuses to answer any question put to him by the inspectors for the purposes of the investigation, the inspectors may certify that fact in writing to the court. (3) The court may thereupon enquire into the case; and, after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the alleged offender and after hearing any statement which may be offered in defence, the court may punish the offender in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the court.
Propose a change(1) The inspectors may, and if so directed by the Secretary of State shall, make interim reports to the Secretary of State, and on the conclusion of their investigation shall make a final report to him. . . . (1A) Any persons who have been appointed under section 431 or 432 may at any time and, if the Secretary of State directs them to do so, shall inform him of any matters coming to their knowledge as a result of their investigations. (1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) If the inspectors were appointed under section 432 in pursuance of an order of the court, the Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of any report of theirs to the court. (2A) If the company is registered under the Companies Act 2006 in Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State must send a copy of any interim or final report by the inspectors to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland. (3) In any case the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit— (a) forward a copy of any report made by the inspectors to the company’s registered office, (b) furnish a copy on request and on payment of the prescribed fee to— (i) any member of the company or other body corporate which is the subject of the report, (ii) any person whose conduct is referred to in the report, (iii) the auditors of that company or body corporate, (iv) the applicants for the investigation, (v) any other person whose financial interests appear to the Secretary of State to be affected by the matters dealt with in the report, whether as a creditor of the company or body corporate, or otherwise, and (c) cause any such report to be printed and published.
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Propose a change(1) The expenses of an investigation under any of the powers conferred by this Part shall be defrayed in the first instance by the Secretary of State, but he may recover those expenses from the persons liable in accordance with this section. There shall be treated as expenses of the investigation, in particular, such reasonable sums as the Secretary of State may determine in respect of general staff costs and overheads. (2) A person who is convicted on a prosecution instituted as a result of the investigation . . . may in the same proceedings be ordered to pay those expenses to such extent as may be specified in the order. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) A body corporate dealt with by an inspectors’ report, where the inspectors were appointed otherwise than of the Secretary of State’s own motion, is liable except where it was the applicant for the investigation, and except so far as the Secretary of State otherwise directs. (5) Where inspectors were appointed— (a) under section 431, or (b) on an application under section 442(3), the applicant or applicants for the investigation is or are liable to such extent (if any) as the Secretary of State may direct. (6) The report of inspectors appointed otherwise than of the Secretary of State’s own motion may, if they think fit, and shall if the Secretary of State so directs, include a recommendation as to the directions (if any) which they think appropriate, in the light of their investigation, to be given under subsection (4) or (5) of this section. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Any liability to repay the Secretary of State imposed by subsection (2) above is (subject to satisfaction of his right to repayment) a liability also to indemnify all persons against liability under subsections (4) and (5). . . . (9) A person liable under any one of those subsections is entitled to contribution from any other person liable under the same subsection, according to the amount of their respective liabilities under it. (10) Expenses to be defrayed by the Secretary of State under this section shall, so far as not recovered under it, be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
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Propose a change(1) A copy of any report of inspectors appointed under this Part, certified by the Secretary of State to be a true copy, is admissible in any legal proceedings as evidence of the opinion of the inspectors in relation to any matter contained in the report and, in proceedings on an application under section 8 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986or Article 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, as evidence of any fact stated therein. (2) A document purporting to be such a certificate as is mentioned above shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a certificate, unless the contrary is proved.
Propose a change(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that there is good reason to do so, he may appoint one or more competent inspectors to investigate and report on the membership of any company, and otherwise with respect to the company, for the purpose of determining the true persons who are or have been financially interested in the success or failure (real or apparent) of the company or able to control or materially to influence its policy. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) If an application for investigation under this section with respect to particular shares or debentures of a company is made to the Secretary of State by members of the company, and the number of applicants or the amount of shares held by them is not less than that required for an application for the appointment of inspectors under section 431(2)(a) or (b), then, subject to the following provisions, the Secretary of State shall appoint inspectors to conduct the investigation applied for. (3A) The Secretary of State shall not appoint inspectors if he is satisfied that the application is vexatious; and where inspectors are appointed their terms of appointment shall exclude any matter in so far as the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is unreasonable for it to be investigated. (3B) The Secretary of State may, before appointing inspectors, require the applicant or applicants to give security, to an amount not exceeding £5,000, or such other sum as he may by order specify, for payment of the costs of the investigation. An order under this subsection shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (3C) If on an application under subsection (3) it appears to the Secretary of State that the powers conferred by section 444 are sufficient for the purposes of investigating the matters which inspectors would be appointed to investigate, he may instead conduct the investigation under that section. (4) Subject to the terms of their appointment, the inspectors’ powers extend to the investigation of any circumstances suggesting the existance of an arrangement or understanding which, though not legally binding, is or was observed or likely to be observed in practice and which is relevant to the purposes of the investigation.
Propose a change(1) For purposes of an investigation under section 442, sections 433(1), 434, 436 and 437 apply with the necessary modifications of references to the affairs of the company or to those of any other body corporate, subject however to the following subsections. (2) Those sections apply to— (a) all persons who are or have been, or whom the inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be or have been, financially interested in the success or failure or the apparent success or failure of the company or any other body corporate whose membership is investigated with that of the company, or able to control or materially influence its policy (including persons concerned only on behalf of others), and (b) any other person whom the inspector has reasonable cause to believe possesses information relevant to the investigation, as they apply in relation to officers and agents of the company or the other body corporate (as the case may be). (3) If the Secretary of State is of opinion that there is good reason for not divulging any part of a report made by virtue of section 442 and this section, he may under section 437 disclose the report with the omission of that part; and he may cause to be kept by the registrar of companies a copy of the report with that part omitted or, in the case of any other such report, a copy of the whole report. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Propose a change(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that there is good reason to investigate the ownership of any shares in or debentures of a company and that it is unnecessary to appoint inspectors for the purpose, he may require any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe to have or to be able to obtain any information as to the present and past interests in those shares or debentures and the names and addresses of the persons interested and of any persons who act or have acted on their behalf in relation to the shares or debentures to give any such information to the Secretary of State. (2) For this purpose a person is deemed to have an interest in shares or debentures if he has any right to acquire or dispose of them or of any interest in them, or to vote in respect of them, or if his consent is necessary for the exercise of any of the rights of other persons interested in them, or if other persons interested in them can be required, or are accustomed, to exercise their rights in accordance with his instructions. (3) A person who fails to give information required of him under this section, or who in giving such information makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular, commits an offence . (4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both); (b) on summary conviction— (i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fiftieth of the greater of £5,000 or the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences; (ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fiftieth of the statutory maximum.
Propose a change(1) If in connection with an investigation under either section 442 or 444 it appears to the Secretary of State that there is difficulty in finding out the relevant facts about any shares (whether issued or to be issued), he may by order direct that the shares shall until further order be subject to the restrictions of Part XV of this Act. (1A) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that an order under subsection (1) may unfairly affect the rights of third parties in respect of shares then the Secretary of State, for the purpose of protecting such rights and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, may direct that such acts by such persons or descriptions of persons and for such purposes as may be set out in the order, shall not constitute a breach of the restrictions of Part XV of this Act. (2) This section, and Part XV in its application to orders under it, apply in relation to debentures as in relation to shares save that subsection (1A) shall not so apply.
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Propose a change(1) The Secretary of State may act under subsections (2) and (3) in relation to a company. (2) The Secretary of State may give directions to the company requiring it— (a) to produce such documents (or documents of such description) as may be specified in the directions; (b) to provide such information (or information of such description) as may be so specified. (3) The Secretary of State may authorise a person (an investigator) to require the company or any other person— (a) to produce such documents (or documents of such description) as the investigator may specify; (b) to provide such information (or information of such description) as the investigator may specify. (4) A person on whom a requirement under subsection (3) is imposed may require the investigator to produce evidence of his authority. (5) A requirement under subsection (2) or (3) must be complied with at such time and place as may be specified in the directions or by the investigator (as the case may be). (6) The production of a document in pursuance of this section does not affect any lien which a person has on the document. (7) The Secretary of State or the investigator (as the case may be) may take copies of or extracts from a document produced in pursuance of this section. (8) A “document” includes information recorded in any form. (9) The power under this section to require production of a document includes power, in the case of a document not in hard copy form, to require the production of a copy of the document— (a) in hard copy form, or (b) in a form from which a hard copy can be readily obtained.
Propose a change(1) A statement made by a person in compliance with a requirement under section 447 may be used in evidence against him. (2) But in criminal proceedings in which the person is charged with a relevant offence— (a) no evidence relating to the statement may be adduced by or on behalf of the prosecution, and (b) no question relating to it may be asked by or on behalf of the prosecution, unless evidence relating to it is adduced or a question relating to it is asked in the proceedings by or on behalf of that person. (3) A relevant offence is any offence other than the following— (a) an offence under section 451, (b) an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statement made otherwise than on oath), or (c) an offence under section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statement made otherwise than on oath), or (d) an offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statements made otherwise than on oath).
Propose a change(1) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant under this section if satisfied on information on oath given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, or by a person appointed or authorised to exercise powers under this Part, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there are on any premises documents whose production has been required under this Part and which have not been produced in compliance with the requirement. (2) A justice of the peace may also issue a warrant under this section if satisfied on information on oath given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, or by a person appointed or authorised to exercise powers under this Part—: (a) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence has been committed for which the penalty on conviction on indictment is imprisonment for a term of not less than two years and that there are on any premises documents relating to whether the offence has been committed, (b) that the Secretary of State, or the person so appointed or authorised, has power to require the production of the documents under this Part, and (c) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that if production was so required the documents would not be produced but would be removed from the premises, hidden, tampered with or destroyed. (3) A warrant under this section shall authorise a constable, together with any other person named in it and any other constables— (a) to enter the premises specified in the information, using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose; (b) to search the premises and take possession of any documents appearing to be such documents as are mentioned in subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, or to take, in relation to any such documents, any other steps which may appear to be necessary for preserving them or preventing interference with them; (c) to take copies of any such documents; and (d) to require any person named in the warrant to provide an explanation of them or to state where they may be found. (4) If in the case of a warrant under subsection (2) the justice of the peace is satisfied on information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there are also on the premises other documents relevant to the investigation, the warrant shall also authorise the actions mentioned in subsection (3) to be taken in relation to such documents. (5) A warrant under this section shall continue in force until the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is issued. (6) Any documents of which possession is taken under this section may be retained— (a) for a period of three months; or (b) if within that period proceedings to which the documents are relevant are commenced against any person for any criminal offence, until the conclusion of those proceedings. (7) Any person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any rights conferred by a warrant issued under this section or fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed in accordance with subsection (3)(d) is guilty of an offence . . . (7A) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine; (b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum. (8) For the purposes of sections 449 and 451A (provision for security of information) documents obtained under this section shall be treated as if they had been obtained under the provision of this Part under which their production was or, as the case may be, could have been required. (9) In the application of this section to Scotland for the references to a justice of the peace substitute references to a justice of the peace or a sheriff, and for the references to information on oath substitute references to evidence on oath. (10) In this section “document” includes information recorded in any form.
Propose a change(1) A person who makes a relevant disclosure is not liable by reason only of that disclosure in any proceedings relating to a breach of an obligation of confidence. (2) A relevant disclosure is a disclosure which satisfies each of the following conditions— (a) it is made to the Secretary of State otherwise than in compliance with a requirement under this Part; (b) it is of a kind that the person making the disclosure could be required to make in pursuance of this Part; (c) the person who makes the disclosure does so in good faith and in the reasonable belief that the disclosure is capable of assisting the Secretary of State for the purposes of the exercise of his functions under this Part; (d) the information disclosed is not more than is reasonably necessary for the purpose of assisting the Secretary of State for the purposes of the exercise of those functions; (e) the disclosure is not one falling within subsection (3) or (4). (3) A disclosure falls within this subsection if the disclosure is prohibited by virtue of any enactment whenever passed or made. (4) A disclosure falls within this subsection if— (a) it is made by a person carrying on the business of banking or by a lawyer, and (b) it involves the disclosure of information in respect of which he owes an obligation of confidence in that capacity. (5) In this section “enactment” has the meaning given by section 1293 of the Companies Act 2006.
Propose a change(1) This section applies to information (in whatever form) obtained— (a) in pursuance of a requirement imposed under section 447; (b) by means of a relevant disclosure within the meaning of section 448A(2); (c) by an investigator in consequence of the exercise of his powers under section 453A. (2) Such information must not be disclosed unless the disclosure— (a) is made to a person specified in Schedule 15C, or (b) is of a description specified in Schedule 15D. (3) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedules 15C and 15D. (4) An order under subsection (3) must not— (a) amend Schedule 15C by specifying a person unless the person exercises functions of a public nature (whether or not he exercises any other function); (b) amend Schedule 15D by adding or modifying a description of disclosure unless the purpose for which the disclosure is permitted is likely to facilitate the exercise of a function of a public nature. (5) An order under subsection (3) must be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (6) A person who discloses any information in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence. (6A) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both); (b) on summary conviction— (i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both); (ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both). (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Any information which may by virtue of this section be disclosed to a person specified in Schedule 15C may be disclosed to any officer or employee of the person. (9) This section does not prohibit the disclosure of information if the information is or has been available to the public from any other source. (10) For the purposes of this section, information obtained by an investigator in consequence of the exercise of his powers under section 453A includes information obtained by a person accompanying the investigator in pursuance of subsection (4) of that section in consequence of that person’s accompanying the investigator. (11) Nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure in contravention of the data protection legislation.
Propose a change(1) An officer of a company. . . who— (a) destroys, mutilates or falsifies, or is privy to the destruction, mutilation or falsification of a document affecting, or relating to the company’s property or affairs, or (b) makes, or is privy to the making of, a false entry in such a document, is guilty of an offence, unless he proves that he had no intention to conceal the state of affairs of the company or to defeat the law. (1A) Subsection (1) applies to an officer of an authorised insurance company which is not a body corporate as it applies to an officer of a company. (2) Such a person as above mentioned who fraudulently either parts with, alters or makes an omission in any such document or is privy to fraudulent parting with, fraudulent altering or fraudulent making of an omission in, any such document, is guilty of an offence. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or a fine (or both); (b) on summary conviction— (i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both); (ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both). (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) In this section “document” includes information recorded in any form.
Propose a change(1) A person commits an offence if in purported compliance with a requirement under section 447 to provide information— (a) he provides information which he knows to be false in a material particular; (b) he recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular. (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both); (b) on summary conviction— (i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both); (ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both). (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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