Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 185
185. (1) Saving the cases referred to in the preceding articles
of this Title, where any public officer or servant who, by reas on of
his office, is bound to make or issue any declaration or certif icate,
shall falsely make or issue such declaration or certificate, he shall,
on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from nine
months to three years.
(2) Where the falsification is committed by any person, other
than a public officer or servant acting with abuse of authority , the
punishment shall be imprisonment for a term from seven months t o
two years.
Malicious use of
false
declarations or
certificates.
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