Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980
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Offences. |
23.—(1) If a person falsely represents that he is entitled to exercise any plant breeders' rights, or rights derived from plant breeders' rights, whether or not the plant variety as respects which the representation is made is the subject of plant breeders' rights, and he knows that the representation is false or makes the representation recklessly, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. | |
(2) Any person who at a hearing by the Controller or the Appeal Committee— | ||
(a) makes any statement or gives information which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly gives information which is so false, or | ||
(b) produces or otherwise makes use of any book, record or other document which to his knowledge contains any statement or information which he knows to be false in a material particular, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. | ||
(3) Where— | ||
(a) a person fails to comply with the requirements of section 12 (3) of this Act, and | ||
(b) there is not for the time being in force as regards the plant variety to which the failure relates a grant under section 4 of this Act, | ||
the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500. |