Section 20: Offences.

(1) If a 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 commits an offence.
(2) If, on or after the relevant date, a person who is not a member of the Institute 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 Institute he commits an offence, but in the case of a person falling within section 16 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 duly applies for membership of the Institute then, unless 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) 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 commits an offence.
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding N25,000;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding N25,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(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, is deemed to have committed that offence and is liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.
(6) In this section, "the relevant date" means the third anniversary of the coming into force 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 Gazette.