Hire-Purchase Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · General
35. False statement by dealers, etc., in proposals
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a dealer or a person on behalf of a dealer, an agent or a person on behalf of an owner prepares or causes to be prepared a regulated agreement or offer in writing that, if accepted, will constitute a regulated agreement with the intention of bringing about a contractual relationship between an owner and a hirer; and
dealer
“dealer” means a person, not being the hirer or the owner or a servant of the owner, by whom or on whose behalf negotiations leading to the making of a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement with the owner were carried out or by whom or on whose behalf the transaction leading to a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement with the owner was arranged;
the agreement or offer contains to the knowledge of the dealer or a person on behalf of the dealer, agent or person acting on behalf of the owner, as the case may be, a false statement or representation that is false in any material particular,the dealer or a person on behalf of the dealer, agent or person acting on behalf of the owner shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
owner
“owner” means a person by whom goods are bailed to a hirer under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person whom the owner’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;