S.L. 499.23 Art. 65Forgery of licences, etc.

(1) No person shall deface or mutilate any licence, certificate or permit issued under these regulations, or alter or obliterate any entry made therein.

(2) Any person who, either by writing, drawing or in any other manner, alters, defaces or mutilates any licence, certificate or permit issued under these regulations, or adds or removes anything therein, or uses any licence, certificate or permit which has been altered, defaced, mutilated or added to or removed from as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person who, with the intent to deceive, forges, alters, uses, produces or sends any document required under the provisions of these regulations, or makes a statement or declaration which he knows to be false, shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) A person who is found guilty of an offence under sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding five thousand (5,000) euro, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, unless a higher punishment is applicable under any other law, in which case the Court shall apply that other punishment or this punishment increased by one or two degrees, whichever the higher.