Section 14: Prohibition of falsely professing to be a registered person

A person, not being registered under this Act, who holds himself out to be so registered or uses a name, title, description or symbol calculated to lead a person to infer that he is so registered, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction-(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not less than one hundred naira and not more than two hundred naira or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment; and
(b) for a second or a subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than three years.