s 34A Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.
(1) Any person who— (a) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any registration under section 7 or 10, any authorisation under section 13 or 14 , any transfer of such an authorisation under section 16A or any variation of such an authorisation under section 17, or (b) in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish information imposed under section 31(1)(d), makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Any person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record— (a) which is required to be kept by virtue of a registration under section 7 or 10 , an authorisation under section 13 or 14 or a transfer under section 16A , or (b) which is kept in purported compliance with a condition which must be complied with if a person is to have the benefit of an exemption under section 8, 11 or 15, shall be guilty of an offence. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable— (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.