Section 795 | Notice requiring information: offences

(1)A person who—

(a)fails to comply with a notice under section 793 (notice requiring information about interests in company's shares), or

(b)in purported compliance with such a notice—

(i)makes a statement that he knows to be false in a material particular, or

(ii)recklessly makes a statement that is false in a material particular,

commits an offence.

(2)A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1)(a) if he proves that the requirement to give information was frivolous or vexatious.

(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)on summary conviction—

(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

(ii)in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).