Section 27

wilfully makes or permits to be made for purposes of registration any false statement;

wilfully or knowingly furnishes or permits to be furnished any false information touching any of the particulars hereby required to be made known;

makes or permits to be made any false entry in any register, knowing the same to be false; or

wilfully destroys or permits to be destroyed any entry in any register,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (2)(a)Any person who wilfully or carelessly destroys, injures, mutilates, defaces, or loses any register used for the purpose of this Act; (b)any registrar or deputy registrar who refuses or omits without reasonable cause, the proof of which shall rest with the person accused, to register or record any birth or death, within his area of which he has notice or knowledge; or (c)any registrar who carelessly or wilfully allows any register to be destroyed, injured, mutilated, defaced or lost while in his custody or keeping,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.