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122F. Offences
(1) If a person ("A") fails to comply with a requirement imposed on A under section 122B or 122C the FCA may certify that fact in writing to the court.
(2) If the court is satisfied that A failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement, it may deal with A (and where A is a body corporate, any director or other officer) as if A (or as the case may be the director or officer) were in contempt.
(3) A person ("B") who, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed on B under section 122B or 122C -
(a) provides information which B knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular;
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable -
(a) on summary conviction -
(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;
(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;