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Penalty for personating another, etc., for purpose of providing blood sample

Cap. 173, s. 44 · Revised Edition 2020

Where, for the purpose of providing a blood sample for a test required to give effect to a direction under section 41 of this Act, a person personates another, or proffers a child knowing that it is not the child named in the direction, that person commits an offence and is liable, (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years; or (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months.
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