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PREVENTION OF FRAUD (INVESTMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1940 - SECT 17

17.(1) Any person who, in furnishing any information for any of the purposes
of this Act or rules or regulations made thereunder, makes any statement
which, to his knowledge, is false in a material particular, shall be liable,
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both such
imprisonment and such fine or, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds
or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

(2) Where any offence under this Act committed by a corporation is proved to
have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager,
secretary or other officer of the corporation, he, as well as the corporation,
shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be
proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(3) Any proceedings which, by virtue of this Act, may be taken against a
person under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland) may be taken
before the court having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the
time being.

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