s 41 Falsification, etc., of service documents
41.—(1) Any person who with a view to gaining for himself or herself or another or with intent to deceive another or cause loss to another —(a) makes or signs a service document that is false in a material particular; (b) makes in a service document an entry that is false in a material particular; (c) alters a service document so that the document is false in a material particular; (d) suppresses, defaces, makes away with or destroys a service document, or a part of a service document, that it is his or her duty to preserve or produce; or (e) does not make an entry in a service document that it is his or her duty to make, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any other punishment authorised by this Act. (2) In this section, “service document” means —(a) any document which is the property of the Force; or (b) any document submitted to the Force for any purpose, and includes any such document in the form of an electronic record, and a reference to signing of a service document is deemed to include the application of an electronic signature to an electronic record. [32/2010]