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Amendment of section 9 of the Act of 1908.
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22.—Section 9 of the Act of 1908 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
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“(1) Every person who, after the commencement of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960—
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(a) for the purpose of obtaining or continuing a pension, either for himself or for any other person, or for the purpose of obtaining or continuing a pension, either for himself or for any other person, which is of an amount in excess of the amount appropriate to the case, knowingly makes any statement or representation (whether written or oral) which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material respect, or knowingly conceals any fact which is to his knowledge material, or
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(b) knowingly obtains payment of, or continues to receive, a pension which he is not entitled to receive or which is of an amount in excess of the amount which he is entitled to receive,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.”
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