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 believed to be false in any material particular; or
(b)
recklessly makes a statement which is false in any material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
If the Registrar or any other person employed by the Board wilfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to any register maintained under this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable-
(a)
on conviction in a court of inferior jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred naira (N100); or
(b) on conviction in a High Court, to a fine not exceeding one thousand naira (N1,000) or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(4) Where an offence under this Part which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the 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, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.