Section 16: Offences.

(1) Any person, not being a registered estate surveyor and valuer, 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 estate surveyor and valuer, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) 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 under this Act.
(3) If the Registrar or any other person employed by the Board wilfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to the register, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable-
(a) on conviction in a court lower than the High Court, to a fine not exceeding N100 and, where the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding N20 for each and every day that the offence continues;
(b) on conviction in 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 and, where the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding N50 for each and every day that the offence continues.
(5) Where an offence under this section 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 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.