Section 18: Offences

(1) Any person not a registered engineer who -
(a) for or in expectation of reward practises or holds himself out to practise as such; or
(b) without reasonable excuse takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is authorised by law to practise as a registered engineer,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person on the provisional register who, otherwise than in accordance with section 12 of this Act-
(a) for or in expectation of reward, practises or holds himself out to practise as a registered engineer; or
(b) without reasonable excuse takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is authorised by law to practise as a registered engineer,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) If any person, for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, qualification or other matter-
(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 shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) If the Registrar or any other person employed by the Council wilfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to the register, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable-
(a) on conviction in any court of inferior jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding N100
(b) on conviction in a High Court, to a fine not exceeding N1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(6) Where an offence under this section which has been 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, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.