S.L. 442.3 Art. 25Offences.

(1) Any eligible beneficiary of funds in accordance with regulation 14 who wilfully, with intent to obtain funds under these regulations or to assist any other person to do so -

(a) omits from an application or any other document or statement made, prepared or submitted for the purposes of or under these regulations, any matter which should be included therein; or

(b) makes any false statement or entry in any return or other document or statement prepared or submitted for the purposes of or under these regulations; or

(c) gives any false answer, whether verbally or in writing, to any question or request for information asked or made in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; or

(d) prepares or maintains or authorizes the preparation or maintenance of any false books of account or other records or falsifies or authorizes the falsification of any books of account or records; or

(e) makes use of any fraud, art or contrivance whatever or authorizes the use of any such fraud, art or contrivance, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall for each such offence be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand and two hundred euro (€1,200) and not exceeding five thousand euro (€5,000).

(2) Upon any person admitting to or being found guilty of any of the above offences, the Committee shall request the full reimbursement of the funds issued. Substituted by: SCHEDULE L.N.81 of 2019. (Regulation 17)

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