Section 171: Issue of false documents

Road Traffic Act 1972 · 1972 c.20

Part VII: Miscellaneous and General

171

A person shall be guilty of an offence who issues any such document as is referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 170(6) of this Act, or a test certificate or manufacturer's certificate (within the meaning of Part II of this Act) if the document or certificate so issued is to his knowledge false in a material particular.

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