Penalty for giving false certificate

(1) Every licensed measurer who gives a false certificate of the measurement of any wood which he knows to be false commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or in default of payment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. (2) A conviction under this section shall operate as a cancellation of the licence held by the person so convicted. (3) It shall not be lawful for any person whose licence has been cancelled by operation of subsection (2) of this section to be again licensed as a measurer of wood until after the expiration of three years from such conviction.