Section 13: Offences

13. Offences Any person who— (a) contravenes this Act; (b) for the purposes of, or in connection with, this Act— (i) makes a statement which he knows or ought to have known to be false or misleading in a material particular; (ii) obtains or retains a document to which he is not entitled; (iii) personates or falsely represents himself to be a person entitled to a document; (iv) makes or causes to be made or without reasonable excuse has in his possession any writing which so closely resembles a document as to be likely to deceive; (v) fraudulently alters a document; (vi) with intent to deceive, produces or makes use of a document which is false or misleading in a material particular or has been fraudulently altered; or (vii) sells or otherwise transfers or lends a document issued to him, 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 one year. [S. 13 amended by Act 33 of 1988; s. 12 of Act 14 of 2005 w.e.f. 21 April 2005.] F2 – 5 [Issue 1]