12 Penalty for false return. E+W+S
Any person who in any return made in pursuance of this Act . . . F1 makes any . . . F2 fraudulent statement, also any person who includes or procures to be included in any such return any British corn not bona fide bought as specified in the return, or any corn which is not British corn, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
Where the Board of Trade have reason to believe that a return or any particular in a return is false in any particular, they may cause that return, or so much as relates to that particular, to be omitted in the computation of the average prices in pursuance of this Act.
Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.
Amendments (Textual)
F1Words repealed by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1943 (c. 16), Sch. 3
F2Words repealed by Perjury Act 1911 (c. 6), Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 12 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 17, Sch. 1 para. 9
C2S. 12 amended (transfer of functions) by S.I. 1981/142, art. 2