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Section 9, The West Africa Health Examination Board Act, 1986
Status not yet checkedThe West Africa Health Examination Board Act, 1986, Sierra Leone
(1) Any person who, for the purpose of an examination conducted under the Constitution— (a) falsely represents himself to be some other person or knowingly allows himself to be so falsely represented, or
(b) utters any document which has been issued by the Board or by any other lawful authority to another person and whereby that other person is certified to be a person possessed of any qualification recognised for any purpose or to be entitled to any right or privilege and
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falsely represents himself to be the person named in the document or knowingly allows another person to so falsely represent himself as the person named in the document,
shall be guilty, of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand leones or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.
(2) Where an offence is committed by a child or young person under this Act, the provisions of any law relating to children and young persons shall apply; and in addition, where the child or young person has taken the examination, his results from the examination shall be cancelled.
(3) For the purposes of this action—
"child" means a person under the age of fourteen years;
and
"young person" means a person who has attained the age of fourteen but is under the age of seventeen years.
[Margin: Post Examination investigation.]
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