Section 43A — Providing documents false in a material particular

Any person who, being required by or by virtue of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act to make or produce to the Commissioner of Building Control any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document, or who, for the purpose of obtaining any licence, permit, registration, waiver or approval from the Commissioner of Building Control, or for the purpose of the lodgment of any plans with the Commissioner of Building Control, under this Act or its subsidiary legislation or for the purpose of establishing any fact relevant to the administration of this Act or its subsidiary legislation —

(a)makes or produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular; or

(b)produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular, or has not been made by the person by whom it purports to have been made, or has been in any way altered or tampered with, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [22/2012] [Act 12 of 2020 wef 09/12/2022] [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]