Occasional Trading Act, 1979

Prohibition of false information and alteration of permits.

6.—(1) A person shall not give false information to the Minister in relation to an application for the grant of an occasional trading permit.

(2) A person shall not with intent to deceive either alter or use an occasional trading permit.

(3) A person shall not forge a document purporting to be an occasional trading permit.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section in relation to the giving of false information to the Minister to show that he did not know and could not, with the exercise of reasonable care, have known that the information was false.