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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 22

Penalties for fraud or the wilful concealment of material facts.

22.(1) Any person who fraudulently or by the wilful concealment of material
facts induces the Lands Tribunal to grant, or to refuse to grant, a new
tenancy under this Part shall, without prejudice to the provisions of the
[Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979], be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such
imprisonment;

(b)on indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such
imprisonment.

(2) For the purposes of any proceedings under this section, a certificate
under the hand of a member of the Lands Tribunal that, in any proceedings of
the Lands Tribunal heard before him (whether sitting alone or otherwise), a
statement of material facts as set out in the certificate was made to the
Tribunal or that any material facts as set out in the certificate were not
disclosed to the Tribunal, shall, until the contrary is shown, be accepted as
proof that such statement was made, or, as the case may be, that such facts
were not disclosed to the Tribunal.

Duty of tenants and landlords of business premises to give information to each
other.

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