Section 249 - False certificate by public officer

(1) A public officer who is authorised as a public officer to attest or certify, by writing or otherwise, a document or matter, or that an event has or has not happened, shall not

(a) attest or certify the document or matter knowing it to be false; or

(b) attest or certify that the event has happened or has not happened, without knowing or having reason to believe that it has happened or has not happened, according to the attestation or certificate.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years.