Defence Act, 1954

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Forgery of certificate of discharge and personation.

262.—If any person—

(a) forges a certificate of discharge or any certificate purporting to be a certificate of discharge, or

(b) utters any such certificate knowing it to be forged, or

(c) obtains or seeks to obtain employment by means of any forged or counterfeit certificate of discharge, or

(d) personates the holder of a certificate of discharge,

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.