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Punishment for forgery and false representations.
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564. If any person in any proceeding under the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to salvage by Her Majesty’s ships—
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(a) forges, assists in forging, or procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any document; or
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(b) puts off or makes use of any forged or altered document, knowing the same to be so forged or altered; or
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(c) gives or makes, or assists in giving or making, or procures to be given or made, any false evidence or representation, knowing the same to be false,
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that person shall for each offence be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding two years, or, on summary conviction, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six months.
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Jurisdiction of High Court in Salvage.
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