Section 25: Offences.

(1) A food professional who practise in premises that is not registered by the Council, commits an offence under this Act.
(2) A person who, for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, qualification or other material-
(a) makes a statement which he believes to be false; or
(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false, commits an offence under this Act.
(3) Where, on or after the relevant date, a person who is not a registered member of the Food Profession practises or holds himself out to practise for or in expectation of a reward or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is a member of the Food Profession, commits an offence under this Act, but in the case of a person falling within section 5 (4) of this Act -
(a) this subsection does not apply in respect of anything done by him during the period of six months mentioned in that section; and
(b) if, within that period, he duly applies for membership of the profession, and unless within that period he is notified that his application has not been approved, this subsection does 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.
(4) Where the Registrar or any other person employed by or on behalf of the Council, willfully makes any falsification or colludes with another within or outside the Council in any matter relating to the register, the Registrar or such other person commits an offence.
(5) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction -
(a) for the first offender, to a fine of at least N100,000.00; and
(b) for the second or any subsequent offender, to imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine of at least N200,000.00 or both.
(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, he is deemed to have committed the offence, and is liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.
(7) In this section, "the relevant date" means the first anniversary of the coming into effect of this Act or such earlier date as may be prescribed for the purpose of this section by order of the Minister published in the Federal Government Gazette.
(8) Any member of the Council who, in respect of any year and without paying the prescribed practising fee, practises as such, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, m the case of a -
(a) first offender, to a fine, twice the prescribed practicing fee; and
(b) second or subsequent offence, to a fine of at least, three the prescribed practising fee.