Whale Fisheries Act, 1937
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False statements and forgery of documents. |
23.—If any person with intent to deceive— | |
(a) makes, in reply to any inquiry which a sea fisheries protection officer is entitled to make to such person under this Act, any statement which is false or misleading in any material respect; or | ||
(b) forges or uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person, a licence or permit under this Act or forges an entry in any record kept under this Act, or | ||
(c) makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling a licence or a permit under this Act as to be calculated to deceive, | ||
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act. |