Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)Chapter 3 : Administration of Social Assistance21. False representations |
| (1) | A person is guilty of an offence if such person, when applying for social assistance, furnishes information which he or she knows to be untrue or misleading in a material respect or makes a representation which to his or her knowledge is false, in order that he or she or another person may— |
| (a) | obtain or retain social assistance to which he or she is not entitled in terms of this Act; or |
| (b) | obtain social assistance in excess of that to which he or she is entitled in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | If any person receives social assistance knowing that he or she is not entitled thereto, or is not entitled to the full amount which he or she is receiving, and he or she fails to inform the Agency thereof, he or she is guilty of an offence. |
| (3) | A beneficiary who knowingly fails to inform the Agency of any material change of information contemplated in section 14(5), is guilty of an offence. |