False or misleading statements, etc.
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17.—(1) Where—
(a)a person makes a declaration with a view to securing possession of a vehicle purported to have been delivered into the custody of an identified person;
(b)the declaration is that the prohibition has been removed; and
(c)the declaration is to the person’s knowledge either false or in any material respect misleading,
that person is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or both.