Section 6: Offences and proceedings

6. Offences and proceedings (1) Any person who tampers with, forges or fraudulently alters a certificate shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 8 years. (2) A worker who contravenes section 4 (5) (b) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (3) In any proceedings in which the genuineness of a certificate is in question— (a) an attestation under the hand of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or the delegated person, to the effect that a certificate is or is not genuine shall be received in all Courts as conclusive evidence of that fact; (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions, the delegated person or a law officer authorised to issue the certificate on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or a police officer authorised by the Commissioner of Police to issue a certificate on his behalf, shall not be examined or cross-examined with respect to the genuineness of the certificate.