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SEAMEN'S AND SOLDIERS' FALSE CHARACTERS ACT 1906 - SECT 2

Penalty on using or giving false statements for enlistment.

2. If any man when entering or enlisting or offering himself for entry or
enlistment in His Majesty's naval, military, or marine forces makes use of any
forged or counterfeit statement as to his character or previous employment, or
any statement as to his character or previous employment which to his
knowledge is false in any material particular, he shall be liable, on
conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding twenty
pounds; and if any person makes a written statement as to the character or
previous employment of any man which he knows to be false in any material
particular, and which he allows or intends to be used for the purpose of the
entry or enlistment of that man into His Majesty's naval, military, or marine
forces, he shall be liable, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts,
to the like fine.

S.3 rep. by 1980 c.9 s.157 sch.10 Pt.II


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