South African Institute for Drug Free Sport Act, 1997
R 385
Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)Chapter 4 : Offences by persons not registered54. Penalty for misrepresentation inducing registration and false entries in register and impersonation |
| (1) | A person is guilty of an offence if he or she— |
| (a) | by means of a false representation procures or attempts to procure for himself or herself or any other person registration or any certificate or decision referred to in this Act; |
| (b) | makes or causes to be made any unauthorised entry in, alteration to or removal from a register or a certified copy of or extract from any certificate issued under this Act; |
| (c) | wilfully destroys, damages or renders illegible any entry in the register or, without the permission of the holder, any certificate issued under this Act; |
| (d) | wilfully omits any information or gives false information to the effect that no professional misconduct proceedings are being or are likely to be held regarding him or her; |
| (e) | forges or, knowing it to be forged, utters any document purporting to be a certificate issued under this Act; or |
| (f) | impersonates any person registered in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | A person found guilty of an offence contemplated in subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine or to a period of imprisonment or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
