Commentary on Sections Offences Section 28: Providing false information
163.This section creates a new offence of providing false information for purposes connected with securing an entry or modification of an entry on the Register or obtaining for himself or another person an ID card.
164.For the purposes of this section, false is defined in section 42. False information includes information containing inaccuracies or omissions that tend to mislead. Subsections (1) and (2) set out the circumstances under which a person is guilty of the offence. These are that he knows or believes the information is false or is reckless as to whether or not it is false. Subsection (3) sets out the maximum penalty for the offence as 2 years imprisonment, a fine or both.