Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 52

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52.
Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations
If any person —
(a) forges or counterfeits any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act;
(b) gives or signs any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act, knowing it to be false in any material particular;

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(c) knowingly utters or makes use of any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act that is forged, counterfeited or false;
(d) knowingly utters or makes use of, as applying to any person, any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act which does not so apply;
(e) personates any person named in any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act;
(f)
falsely pretends to be an inspector;
(g) wilfully connives at any such forging, counterfeiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use of, personating or pretending referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f);
(h) wilfully makes a false entry in any record, notice, certificate or document required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act to be kept, served or sent;
(i)
wilfully makes or signs a declaration required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act which is false; or
(j)
knowingly makes use of any false entry or declaration referred to in paragraph (h) or (i), he is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

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s 52Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations

If any person —

(a)

forges or counterfeits any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act;

(b)

gives or signs any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act, knowing it to be false in any material particular;

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(c)

knowingly utters or makes use of any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act that is forged, counterfeited or false;

(d)

knowingly utters or makes use of, as applying to any person, any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act which does not so apply;

(e)

personates any person named in any certificate required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act;

(f)

falsely pretends to be an inspector;

(g)

wilfully connives at any such forging, counterfeiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use of, personating or pretending referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f);

(h)

wilfully makes a false entry in any record, notice, certificate or document required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act to be kept, served or sent;

(i)

wilfully makes or signs a declaration required by, under, or for the purposes of, this Act which is false; or

(j)

knowingly makes use of any false entry or declaration referred to in paragraph (h) or (i), he is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.