Cap. 159 Art. 32False statements.

(1) If for the purpose of obtaining the grant of any aid under this Ordinance, either for himself or for any other person, any person knowingly or recklessly makes any false or fraudulent statement or representation, the person making such statement or representation, and any person who was granted any aid under this

Ordinance knowing that such statement or representation had been made shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction by the Court of Magistrates sitting as a court of criminal judicature, to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred and eighty-two euro and thirty-four cents (582.34) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2) Where any industrialist who has obtained the grant of any aid under this Ordinance has been convicted of the offence under subarticle (1), the President of Malta may, after consultation with the Corporation, by order revoke the grant of the aid to which the offence relates and the provisions of article 30 and article 31(2) shall thereupon apply to such industrialist.

(3) If for the purposes of an application under article 15 any person knowingly or recklessly makes any false or fraudulent statement or representation, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction by the Court of Magistrates sitting as that article on the application shall be recoverable by the Government as a civil debt.