Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 356
In forceFalse certificates by officers charged with duties relating to liberty
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 5Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
356 False certificates by officers charged with duties relating to liberty
Any person who—
(a)
being required by law to give any certificate touching any matter by virtue whereof the liberty of any person may be affected, gives a certificate which, in any material particular, is to the person’s knowledge false; or
(b)
not being a person authorised by law to give such a certificate as aforesaid, gives such a certificate, and represents himself or herself to be a person authorised to give the same;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years. sch 1 pt 5 ch 33 s 356 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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