False statements in connection with identity documents

(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if – (a) for the purpose of, or in connection with, an application made by him or another for the issue of an identity document to which this subregulation applies, or (b) in connection with the continued holding by him or another of any such document which has already been issued, he makes to any of the persons specified in subregulation (3) below, to any employee or agent of such a person or to a constable, a statement which he knows to be false in a material Merchant Ships (Registration) 260 particular, or recklessly makes to any of those persons, to any such employee or agent or to a constable, a statement which is false in a material particular. (2) Subregulation (1) above applies to any identity document which is to be or has been issued by any of the persons specified in subregulation (3) below for the purposes of a ship (3) The persons referred to in subregulation (1) and (2) are – (a) the owner, charterer or manager of any ship, and (b) any person who is permitted to have access to a Belize ship for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him.