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National Service Act 1952 s 25

National Service Act 1952 s 25

s 25 False statements and forgery

Any person who— (a) in giving any information for the purposes of this Act knowingly or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular; or (b) with intent to deceive— (i) forges or uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person, any document under this Act; or (ii) makes, or has in his possession, any document so closely resembling any document under this Act as to be calculated to deceive, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both. Penalty for incitements, obstructions, etc. 25A . Whoever— (a) incites any person liable to register for national service under this Act to evade any duties or liabilities which he is or may become liable to perform or discharge under or by virtue of this Act or to perform or discharge any such duties or liabilities otherwise than to the best of his ability; (b) obstructs or incites any person to obstruct in any way whatsoever the service or delivery of a notice or other document required under this Act to be served on or delivered to any person registered or liable to register for national service under this Act; or (c) incites any person to oppose national service under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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