Dangerous Substances Act, 1972

Forgery of licences, certificates, etc.

50.—(1) A person who—

(a) forges or counterfeits any licence or certificate required for the purposes of this Act,

(b) gives or signs a certificate knowing it to be false in any material particular,

(c) knowingly utters or makes use of a licence or certificate so forged, counterfeited or false as aforesaid,

(d) knowingly utters or makes use of as applying to any person a licence or certificate which does not so apply,

(e) personates any person named in a licence or certificate,

(f) falsely pretends to be an inspector,

(g) wilfully connives at any such forging, counterfeiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use, personating or pretending,

(h) wilfully makes a false entry in any document required for the purposes of this Act to be kept or served or sent,

(i) wilfully makes or signs a false declaration when making or signing a declaration required for the purposes of this Act, or

(j) knowingly makes use of any such false entry or declaration,

shall, without prejudice to any other offence, be guilty of an offence under this Act.

(2) In this section, “forges” has the same meaning as in the Forgery Act, 1913.