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SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 27

Forgery of passport.

27.(1) If any person forges a passport or makes a statement which is to his
knowledge untrue for the purpose of procuring a passport whether for himself
or any other person he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable

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

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

(2) In this section the expression "forges" has the same meaning as in the
Forgery Act, 1913.

S.28 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

S.35 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7; 1980 NI 11 art.64(2) sch.9

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