Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Act 2017

PART 5

Miscellaneous

Forgery of documents

20. (1) A person who forges, or utters knowing it to be forged, a notice, certificate or other document purporting to be given, issued or granted under this Act (in this section referred to as a “forged document”) shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who alters with intent to defraud or deceive, or utters knowing it to be so altered, a notice, certificate or other document given, issued or granted under this Act (in this section referred to as an “altered document”) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) A person who, without lawful authority, has in his or her possession a forged document or an altered document shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.