Section 46: Penalty for issuing false copies of rules of registered bodies.

(1) If any person with intent to mislead or defraud supplies or lends to any member or prospective member of a registered body a copy of any rules or of any alteration or amendment of any rules other than those actually in force at the time, on the false pretence-
(a) that the material supplied or lent represents the rules of the body as then in force; or
(b) that there are no other rules of the body, he shall be guilty of an offence against this section.
(2) In subsection (1) of this section-
(a) "prospective member", in relation to a registered body, means a person or body eligible for membership of that body; and
(b)
"member or prospective member", in relation to a registered body being a federation of trade unions, includes an individual acting on behalf of a member or prospective member of that body.
(3) If any person with intent to mislead or defraud supplies or lends a copy of any rules to any person on the false pretence that they are the rules of a registered body, he shall be guilty of an offence against this section.
(4) A person guilty of an offence against this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of N 200 or to imprisonment for a term of six months.