Births and Deaths Registration Act · s 20

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s 20False information, false entry or destruction of entry

Any person who —

(a)

wilfully makes or permits to be made, for the purposes of registration, any false statement;

(b)

wilfully or knowingly furnishes or permits to be furnished any false information touching any of the particulars hereby required to be made known;

(c)

makes or permits to be made by false entry in any registration book or register knowing the entry to be false; or

(d)

wilfully destroys or permits to be destroyed any entry in any registration book or register, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.