§ 93 — Falsification of records by officers, etc.

93.—(1) An officer, auditor, employee or agent of a relevant entity who —(a)

wilfully makes, or causes to be made, a false entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity;

(b)

wilfully omits to make an entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity, or wilfully causes any such entry to be omitted; or

(c)

wilfully alters, extracts, conceals or destroys an entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity, or wilfully causes any such entry to be altered, extracted, concealed or destroyed,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $125,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(2) In this section —“officer” includes a person purporting to act in the capacity of an officer;

“relevant entity” means an entity that is —(a)

a licensee; or

(b)

an operator, a settlement institution, or a participant, of a payment system.

—(1) An officer, auditor, employee or agent of a relevant entity who —(a)

wilfully makes, or causes to be made, a false entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity;

(b)

wilfully omits to make an entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity, or wilfully causes any such entry to be omitted; or

(c)

wilfully alters, extracts, conceals or destroys an entry in any book, or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions or assets of the relevant entity, or wilfully causes any such entry to be altered, extracted, concealed or destroyed,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $125,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(2) In this section —“officer” includes a person purporting to act in the capacity of an officer;

“relevant entity” means an entity that is —(a)

a licensee; or

(b)

an operator, a settlement institution, or a participant, of a payment system.