Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

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(1)–(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(5)For section 21 of that Act (which relates to false statements) there shall be substituted the following section—

21.If any person, for the purpose of obtaining supplementary benefit or any other payment under this Act for himself or another person or for any other purp[ose connected with this Act,—

(a)makes any statement or representation which he knows to be false; or

(b)produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished, any document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular,

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(7)—(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of s. 14(5) which is spent is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.