Section 17: Offences and penalties

(1) If any person for the purpose of procuring the enrolment or 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 is guilty of an offence
(2) If, on or after the relevant date, any person who is not a member of the Institute practises as a chartered secretary and administrator for or in expectation of reward or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is in practice as a chartered secretary and administrator, he is guilty of an offence.
(3) If 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 is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding N1,000; or
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of an amount not exceeding N5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(5) 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.
(6) In this section, "the relevant date" means the first anniversary of the commencement of this Act.