Part 35The registrar of companies
Supplementary provisions
F11112False statements: basic offence
(1)
It is an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to—
(a)
deliver or cause to be delivered to the registrar, for any purpose of the Companies Acts, a document that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, or
(b)
make to the registrar, for any purpose of the Companies Acts, a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular.
(2)
Where the offence is committed by a firm, every officer of the firm who is in default also commits the offence.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b)
on summary conviction in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;
(c)
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.