Defence Act, 1954
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Forgery of certificate of discharge and personation.
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262.—If any person—
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(a) forges a certificate of discharge or any certificate purporting to be a certificate of discharge, or
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(b) utters any such certificate knowing it to be forged, or
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(c) obtains or seeks to obtain employment by means of any forged or counterfeit certificate of discharge, or
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(d) personates the holder of a certificate of discharge,
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such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
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