Section 19: Offences

(1) If any person, for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, qualification or other matter –
(a) makes a statement which he knows or has a reason to know to be false;
(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false, commits an offence.
(2) If, on or after the relevant date, any person who falsely presents himself as a member of the Institute or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is a member of the Institute, commits an offence, provided that, in the case of a person falling within section 17 of this Act —
(a) this subsection shall not apply in respect of anything done by him during the period mentioned in that section; and
(b) if within that period he duly applies for membership of the Institute, then, unless within that period he is notified that his application has not been approved, this subsection shall not apply in respect of anything done by him between the end of that period and the date on which he is enrolled, registered or notified.
(3) If the Registrar or any other person employed by, or on behalf of the Institute willfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to the register, he commits an offence.
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable –
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not more than N1,000,000; and
(b) on conviction or indictment, to a fine not more than N1,000,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than two years or both.
(5) Where an offence under this section which has been committed by a body corporate is proven to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributed to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person purporting to act in that capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, are deemed to be guilty of that offence and liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.
(6) In this section, "the relevant date" means the third anniversary of the appointed day or such earlier date as may be prescribed for the purpose of this section by order of the Ministry charged with the responsibility of supervising Trade and Investment in Nigeria published in the Federal Government Gazette.
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision, the High Court shall have jurisdiction over offences committed under this section.