PART VIIMiscellaneous and General

Forgery, false Statements, &c

234Falsification of records

A person who, with intent to deceive, alters an entry made in a record under section one hundred and eighty-six of this Act or paragraph 14 of the Twelfth Schedule thereto shall be liable—

a

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years;

b

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.