Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2004 (Act No. 35 of 2004)Chapter 5 : General and Supplementary Provisions43. False representations, false entries in register and impersonation |
| (1) | A person is guilty of an offence if he or she— |
| (a) | by means of a false representation procures or attempts to procure for himself or herself or any other person, registration or any certificate or decision referred to in this Act; |
| (b) | makes or causes to be made any unauthorised entry or alteration in or removal from a register, certified copy thereof, or extract therefrom or any certificate issued under this Act; |
| (c) | wilfully destroys, damages or renders illegible any entry in the register or, without the permission of the holder thereof, any certificate issued under this Act; |
| (d) | forges or, knowing it to be forged, utters any document purporting to be a certificate issued under this Act; |
| (e) | impersonates any person registered in terms of this Act; or |
| (f) | supplies or offers to supply to any person not registered under this Act or any other law, an instrument or appliance which can be used, or is claimed to be effective, for the purpose of diagnosing, treating or preventing physical or mental defects, illnesses or deficiencies, whilst knowing that such instrument or appliance will be used by such unregistered person for the purpose of performing for gain an act which such unregistered person is in terms of this Act or any other law prohibited from performing for gain. |
| (2) | A person found guilty of an offence contemplated in subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine or to a period of imprisonment or to both a fine and a period of imprisonment. |