A person carrying out a valuation or making a report with respect to any consideration proposed to be accepted or given by a company, is entitled to require from the officers of the company such information and explanation as he thinks necessary to enable him to—
carry out the valuation or make the report, and
provide any note required by section 596(3) or 600(3) (note required where valuation carried out by another person).
A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a statement to which this subsection applies that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular commits an offence.
Subsection (2) applies to a statement—
made (whether orally or in writing) to a person carrying out a valuation or making a report, and
conveying or purporting to convey any information or explanation which that person requires, or is entitled to require, under subsection (1).
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable—
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);
on summary conviction—
in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);
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).