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370 虚偽表示の責任
(1) 本法に別段の定めがある場合を除き、本法に基づいて登録機関に提出または交付が要求される文書において、重要な事実に関して、それが作成された時点および状況において虚偽または誤解を招くような陳述を行う者、または重要な事実の記載を省略し、その省略が陳述を虚偽または誤解を招くものとする者は、犯罪を犯し、有罪判決を受けた場合には、50,000ドル以下の罰金もしくは2年以下の懲役またはその両方に処せられる。
(2) (1)項の犯罪を犯したことを告発された者は、その者が以下のことを知らなかったことを証明することが抗弁となる。
虚偽または誤解を招く表現であることを、合理的に知ることができなかった。
(2) (1)項の犯罪を犯したことを告発された者は、その者が以下のことを知らなかったことを証明することが抗弁となる。
虚偽または誤解を招く表現であることを、合理的に知ることができなかった。
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Liability for false statements
(1) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, a person who makes a statement
in any document which is required to be filed or delivered to the Registrar
under this Act, which, at the time and in the light of circumstances under
which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact
or omits to state any material fact, the omission of which makes the
statement false or misleading, commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding US$50,000 or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person accused of committing an offence under
subsection (1) to prove that the person did not know that the statement
was false or misleading, or could not reasonably have known that the
statement was false or misleading.
in any document which is required to be filed or delivered to the Registrar
under this Act, which, at the time and in the light of circumstances under
which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact
or omits to state any material fact, the omission of which makes the
statement false or misleading, commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding US$50,000 or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person accused of committing an offence under
subsection (1) to prove that the person did not know that the statement
was false or misleading, or could not reasonably have known that the
statement was false or misleading.
