PART V
Offences and proceedings.
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British Nationality
(3) Any entry in a register made under this Act or any of the former nationality Acts shall be received as evidence (and in Scotland as sufficient evidence) of the matters stated in the entry.
(4) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State 5 that a person was at any time in Crown service under the govern- ment of the United Kingdom shall, for the purposes of this Act, be conclusive evidence of that fact.
43. (1) Any person who for the purpose of procuring any- thing to be done or not to be done under this Act-
10 (a) makes any statement which he knows to be false in a
material particular; or
(b) recklessly makes any statement which is false in a
material particular,
shall be liable on summary conviction in the United Kingdom 15 to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £1000, or both.
(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement imposed on him by regulations made under this Act with respect to the delivering up of certificates of 20 naturalisation shall be liable on summary conviction in the United Kingdom to a fine not exceeding £500.
(3) In the case of an offence under subsection (1)—
(a) any information relating to the offence may in England
and Wales be tried by a magistrates' court if it is laid 25 within six months after the commission of the offence, or if it is laid within three years after the commission of the offence and not more than two months after the date certified by a chief officer of police to be the date on which evidence sufficient to justify proceedings came 30 to the notice of an officer of his police force; and (b) summary proceedings for the offence may in Scotland be commenced within six months after the commission of the offence, or within three years after the commis- sion of the offence and not more than two months after 35 the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify proceedings came to his knowledge; and
(c) a complaint charging the commission of the offence may
in Northern Ireland be heard and determined by a 40 magistrates' court if it is made within six months after the commission of the offence, or if it is made within three years after the commission of the offence and not more than two months after the date certified by an