Section 20
Any person who —
of Births and Deaths Registration Act
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Section 20
(a)
wilfully makes or permits to be made, for the purposes of registration, any false statement;
(b)
wilfully or knowingly furnishes or permits to be furnished any false information touching any of the particulars hereby required to be made known;
(c)
makes or permits to be made by false entry in any registration book or register knowing the entry to be false; or
(d)
wilfully destroys or permits to be destroyed any entry in any registration book or register, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
Injury to register and omission to effect registration.