554 No. 22 of 2016] Industrial Design the satisfaction of the court that the act constituting the offence was done without the knowledge, consent or connivance of the director or manager or that the director or manager took reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the offence. General offence General penalty 92. A person who— (a) provides false information in an application for the registration of a design; (b) makes or causes to be made a false entry in the Register, or any document purporting it to be a copy of an entry in the Register or produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered in evidence any such document, knowing the entry or document to be false; (c) alters or defaces or partly removes, erases or obliterates any document issued by the Registrar; (d) makes or submits a false statement or representation, whether orally or in writing, to the Registrar or Agency knowing the same to be false; (e) knowingly uses, in any way, words, whether orally or in writing, or acts in a manner which lead other persons to believe that the person is an employee or agent of the Agency; (f) having innocently made a false statement or representation, whether orally or in writing, for the purpose of procuring or influencing the doing or omission of anything in relation to this Act and who on becoming aware that such statement or representation was false, fails to advise the Registrar of such falsity; (g) after having been sworn, willfully gives false evidence before the Registrar knowing such evidence to be false or not knowing or believing it to be true; (h) aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an offence or is in any way directly or indirectly a party to the commission of an offence; or (i) otherwise breaches any other provision of this Act; commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both. 93. A person who contravenes any provision of this Act, where no specific penalty has been provided is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding four hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years, or to both.

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