24. Any person who, being required by or by virtue of these Rules to make any declaration, statement or representation or to produce any document or who, for the purpose of obtaining any licence or pesticide operator’s certificate —
(a)
makes or presents any declaration, statement or representation which, to his knowledge, is false in any material particular; or
(b)
produces any document which, to his knowledge, is false in any material particular or has not been made by the person by whom it purports to have been made, or has been in any way altered or tampered with,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Offences
25. Any person who contravenes rule 3A, 9, 11(1), 11B(3), 18(1) or (2), 19(1) or (2), 20(1) or (2), 21 or 22(3)(b) shall be guilty of an offence.
[S 296/2004 wef 01/06/2004]
Penalty
26. Any person who is guilty of an offence under these Rules shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
Forfeiture of consignment upon conviction
27. Where any person is convicted of an offence under these Rules, the court may order that any consignment and any container, receptacle or other article to which the offence relates shall be forfeited to the Authority and disposed of as the Director-General thinks fit.