SCHEDULE 6 Certification of Prisoner Custody Officers: Scotland

False statements

5

If any person, for the purpose of obtaining a certificate for himself or for any other person—

a

makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular; or

b

recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.