Section 22: Offences.

(1)
A person shall not-
(a)
for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, qualification or other matter under this Act-
(i) make a statement which he knows to be false in any material particular;
or
(ii) recklessly make a statement which is false in any material particular.
(2) A person who is not a member of the profession shall not practise the profession or, in expectation of reward, take or use any name, title, addition or description implying that he is in practice as a member of the profession, on or after the relevant date, provided that, in case of a person falling within section 17 of this Act-
(a)
this subsection shall not apply in respect of anything done by him during the period of three months mentioned in that section; and
(b) if within that period he is notified that his application has not been approved, this subsection shall not apply in respect of anything done by him between the end of that period and the date on which he is registered or is notified.
(3) A member shall not hold himself out as a Fellow or an Associate of the Council or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is a Fellow or Associate on or after the relevant date unless he is entitled to do so.
(4) The Registrar or any other person employed by or on behalf of the Council shall not make any falsification in any matter relating to the Register.
(5)
A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction-
(a)
for the first offence, to a fine not less than N40,000 and not exceeding N80,000; and
(b)
for the second or any subsequent offence to a fine not less than N100,000 and not exceeding N150,000, or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.
(6) Where an offence under this section has been committed by a body corporate and 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 such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to have committed that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(7)
In this section "the relevant date" means the date prescribed for the purpose of this section by the Council and published in the Federal Gazette
(8) No scientist shall practise as such in any year unless he has paid to the Council in respect of that year the appropriate practising fee as prescribed by the Council.
(9) Any scientist who, in respect of any year and without paying the prescribed practising fee, practices as such commits an offence and is liable on conviction-
(a) in the case of a first offence, to a fine twice the prescribed fee; and
(b) the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not less than three times the prescribed practising fee, and if the scientist is in the employment of any person, that person commits an offence and shall be punished in like manner as the scientist unless he proves that the failure to pay the practising fee was without his knowledge, consent or connivance.