Provision of personal details
36 Provision of personal details
If a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a personal detail as stated in response to a requirement under this Act is false, the officer may require the person making the statement to produce evidence of the correctness of the personal detail as stated.
A person who—
refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—
a requirement under this Act to state his or her personal details;
or
a requirement under subsection (1); or
in response to such a requirement—
states a personal detail that is false; or
produces false evidence of a personal detail, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
A police officer who has required a person to state all or any of the person's personal details under this Act is required to comply with a request to identify himself or herself, by—
producing his or her police identification; or
stating orally or in writing his or her surname, rank and identification number.
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