89. Offences in respect of applications for franchise or licences and in connection with identification marks or licences

Any person who —

for the purpose of obtaining the grant of a franchise or licence in accordance with the provisions of this Act to himself or to any other person, or the refusal, suspension or revocation of any such franchise or licence, or the variation of any term or condition subject to which any such franchise or licence was granted, or the attachment of any term or condition to any such franchise or licence, makes a statement which is false or in any material respect misleading;

furnishes any particulars in relation to the registration or licensing in accordance with the provisions of this Act of any vehicle, or of any change of possession or ownership thereof, which is false or in any material respect misleading;

makes or has in his possession or uses or displays on a vehicle any identification mark, plate, licence or document which closely resembles an identification mark, plate, licence or document prescribed by regulations made under section 93(2) as to be calculated to deceive;

uses or exhibits on any vehicle any identification mark, plate, licence or document prescribed by regulations made under section 93(2) which has been altered, defaced or mutilated; or

alters, defaces, mutilates or obliterates any part of any licence granted in accordance with the provisions of this Act or document or identification mark or plate prescribed, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $8,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.