Section 105: False representations.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VI: Support for Asylum-Seekers

A person is guilty of an offence if, with a view to obtaining support for himself or any other person under any provision made by or under this Part, he—

makes a statement or representation which he knows is false in a material particular;
produces or gives to a person exercising functions under this Part, or knowingly causes or allows to be produced or given to such a person, any document or information which he knows is false in a material particular;
fails, without reasonable excuse, to notify a change of circumstances when required to do so in accordance with any provision made by or under this Part; or
without reasonable excuse, knowingly causes another person to fail to notify a change of circumstances which that other person was required to notify in accordance with any provision made by or under this Part.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

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