Road Traffic Act, 1961

Penalty for false declaration, etc.

115.—(1) Where a person is required by this Act or regulations thereunder to furnish particulars in connection with an application for the grant or issue of a licence or certificate or otherwise in connection with a licence, certificate or vehicle, he shall not furnish pursuant to the requirement any particulars which to his knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Where, in a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) of this section with respect to particulars in connection with an application for the grant or issue of a licence or certificate, such grant or issue and an application therefor are proved, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown by the defendant, that the person to whom the licence or certificate was granted or issued made the application.

(4) A person shall not forge or fraudulently alter or use, or fraudulently lend to, or allow to be used by, any other person, any licence, plate, badge or certificate issued under this Act or under regulations thereunder.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

(6) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(7) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of section 10 of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851 , proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) of this section may be instituted within twelve months from the date of the offence.