Factories Act, 1955

Forgery of certificates, etc.

105.—If any person—

(a) forges or counterfeits any certificate required by, under or for the purposes of this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder,

(b) gives or signs any such certificate knowing it to be false in any material particular,

(c) knowingly utters or makes use of any such certificate so forged, counterfeited or false as aforesaid,

(d) knowingly utters or makes use of as applying to any person any such certificate which does not so apply,

(e) personates any person named in any such certificate,

(f) falsely pretends to be an inspector,

(g) wilfully connives at any such forging, counterfeiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use, personating or pretending as aforesaid,

(h) wilfully makes a false entry in any register, notice, certificate or document required by, under or for the purposes of this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder to be kept or served or sent,

(i) wilfully makes or signs a false declaration required by, under or for the purpose of this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder,

(j) knowingly makes use of any such false entry or declaration as aforesaid,

he shall, without prejudice to any other offence, be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding forty pounds or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.