Penalty for false statements, etc

Eve y person who, in the case of a declaration made in the presence of or produced to the Registrar under the Act or any regulations made thereunder or in any document or other evidence produced to the Registrar, (a) wilfully makes any concerning the title to, or ownership of, or the interest existing in, any ship; or (b) utters, produces or makes use of any declaration or document containing any such false statement knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.