Title 5 Laws of Bermuda Item 11

BERMUDA

1932 : 18

[28 April 1932] [preamble and words of enactment omitted]

1. False statements by applicants for passports

(1) Any person who makes a statement which to his knowledge is untrue in a declaration required to be made by an applicant for the issue of a passport commits an offence against this Act: Punishment on conviction on indictment: imprisonment for 2 years or a fine of $5,760 or both such imprisonment and fine.

(2) Any person may, with the previous sanction of the Director of Public Prosecutions, be prosecuted summarily before a court of summary jurisdiction for an offence against this Act: Punishment on summary conviction: imprisonment for 6 months or a fine of $1,440 or both such imprisonment and fine. [Section 1 subsection (2) amended by 1999:8 s.2 & Sch 1 effective 1 April 1999]

[Amended by:

1948 : 25

1952 : 3

1952 : 5

1952 : 11

1999 : 8]

1989 Revision 1