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LAND REGISTRATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 82

Penalties for fraud.

82.(1) Any person who

(a)in the course of any proceedings before the Registrar or the court in
pursuance of this Act, with intent to conceal the title or claim of any
person, or to substantiate a false claim, suppresses, attempts to suppress or
is privy to the suppression of any document or fact; or

(b)fraudulently procures, attempts to procure fraudulently or is privy to the
fraudulent procurement of any entry, erasure or alteration in any register;

(2) A proceeding or conviction for any offence under subsection (1) shall not
affect any remedy to which any person aggrieved by the offence may be
entitled.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall entitle any person to refuse to make a complete
discovery in any legal proceeding, or to answer any question or interrogatory
in any civil proceeding, but such a discovery or answer shall not be
admissible in evidence against that person, or the husband or wife of that
person, in any criminal proceeding under this Act.

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