Section 19: Offences and penalties

(1) Where a person, for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, qualification or other matters -
(a) makes a statement which he believes to be false in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, he commits and offence.
(2) Where, on or after the relevant date, a person, not being a member of the Institute, practises as a Statistician for, or in expectation of reward, takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is in practice as a Statistician, he commits an offence:
Provided that, in the case of a person falling within section 13 of this Act -
(a) this subsection does not apply in respect of anything done by him during the period of three months 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 does not apply in respect of anything done by him between the end of that period and the date on which he is enrolled or registered or is notified.
(3) Where, on or after the relevant date, a Registered Statistician holds himself out as a Chartered Statistician or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is a Chartered Statistician, he commits an offence.
(4) Where the Registrar or any other person employed by or on behalf of the Institute wilfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to the register, he commits an offence.
(5) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on —
(a) summary conviction, to a fine not more than N100,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than five years, or both; and
(b) conviction, to a fine not more than N50,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than two years, or both.
(6) Where an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable 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 any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate, is deemed to be guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(7) In this section, "the relevant date" means the third anniversary of the appointed day or such earlier date as may be prescribed and published in the Federal Government Gazette, and for the purposes of this section, different dates may be prescribed for different geo-political zones within the meaning of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [Cap. C23, LFN, 2004]