§ (1) If for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this Part of this Act, either for himself or for any other person, any person knowingly makes any false statement or false representation, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months with or without hard labour.
§ (2) If any employer has failed to pay any contributions which under this Part of this Act he is liable to pay in respect of an employed contributor, or if any such employer or insured person, or any other person is guilty of any other contravention of or non-compliance with any of the requirements of this Act or the regulations made thereunder in respect of which no special penalty is provided, he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and where the offence is failure or neglect on the part of the employer to make any such contributions, to pay the Insurance 762 Commissioners a sum equal to the amount of the contributions which he has so failed or neglected to pay, which sum when paid shall be treated as a payment in satisfaction of such contributions:
§ Provided that no person shall be liable to any penalty in respect of any matter if he has acted in conformity with any decision in respect thereto by the Insurance Commissioners.
§ Amendments made: In Sub-section (1), after the word "payment," insert the words "or the crediting of a reserve value."
§ In Sub-section (2), after the word "this" ["requirements of this Act"], insert the words "Part of this."
§ At end of the Clause, insert the words "or, if the matter is one which the local health committee is competent to decide, in conformity with its decision."—[Mr. Lloyd George.]