Clause 27

procures or attempts to procure registration as an optometrist or optician under this Act, a certificate of registration or a practising certificate, by knowingly making or producing or causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation, whether in writing or otherwise;

wilfully makes or causes to be made any false entry in the Register of Optometrists or the Register of Opticians;

forges or alters a certificate of registration or practising certificate;

fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine a certificate of registration or practising certificate which he knows or has reason to believe is forged or altered; or

buys, sells or fraudulently obtains a certificate of registration or practising certificate,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.