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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 17

False accounting.

17.(1) Where a person dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another
or with intent to cause loss to another

(a)destroys, defaces, conceals or falsifies any account or any record or
document made or required for any accounting purpose; or

(b)in furnishing information for any purpose, produces or makes use of any
account, or any such record or document as aforesaid, which to his knowledge
is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular;

(2) For purposes of this section, a person who makes or concurs in making in
an account or other document an entry which is or may be misleading, false or
deceptive in a material particular, or who omits or concurs in omitting a
material particular from an account or other document, is to be treated as
falsifying the account or document.

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