Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)

Chapter 5 : General and Supplementary Provisions

44. Penalty for false representation inducing registration, for false entries in register and for impersonation

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Any person who—

(a)procures for himself or herself or any other person registration under this Act, or any certificate, permit or receipt referred to in this Act, by means of a false representation, whether verbally or in writing;
(b)makes any unauthorised entry or alteration in or removal from a register or certified copy thereof or extract therefrom or on any certificate, permit or receipt issued under this Act;
(c)wilfully destroys or damages or renders illegible any entry in the register or, without the permission of the holder thereof, any certificate, permit or receipt issued under this Act;
(d)forges or, knowing it to be forged, utters any document purporting to be a certificate, permit or receipt issued under this Act;
(e)impersonates any person registered in terms of this Act; or
(f)makes a false declaration on any identification envelope issued in connection with an election contemplated in section 5(1)(c), (d) or (e),

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R40 000.