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Penalty for unlawful recruiting or interfering with recruiting.
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256.—(1) If any person without due authority, the proof of which authority shall lie on such person,—
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(a) acts or purports to act as a recruiter or a person authorised to enlist recruits, or
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(b) publishes or causes to be published notices or advertisements for the purpose of procuring recruits for the Defence Forces, or in relation to recruits for the Defence Forces, or
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(c) receives any person under any such advertisement,
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he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.
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(2) If any person—
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(a) wilfully utters, prints or publishes anything calculated to obstruct or interfere with recruitment for the Defence Forces, or
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(b) directly or indirectly interferes with the recruiting service of the Defence Forces,
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he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.
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(3) Every person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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