Section 8
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Section 8
(1)
Any person who certifies the correctness of any particular furnished pursuant to any requirement made under this Act shall, if such particular is incorrect, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
(2)
It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) to prove that —
(a)
the person charged believed the particular to be correct; and
(b)
he could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence have discovered its incorrectness.
Certified extract from newspaper register to be admissible in evidence.