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(b) by means of a false representation or the concealment of a material fact, procures or
attempts to procure registration or a certificate of registration for himself or another
person; or
(c) makes or causes to be made in connection with an application for registration a false
declaration in a document used for the purpose of establishing his identity or
qualifications; or
(d) wilfully destroys or injures or renders illegible or causes to be destroyed, injured or
rendered illegible an entry in the Register; or
(e) without the permission of the holder, wilfully destroys, injures or renders illegible or
causes to be destroyed, injured or rendered illegible a certificate of registration; or
(f) forges or utters, knowing the same to be forged, a document purporting to be a
certificate of registration;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
PART V
CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION, DISCIPLINARY INQUIRIES AND PENALTIES
29 Cancellation of registration
Without derogation from subsection (1) of section thirty-two, the Council—
(a) shall direct the Registrar to cancel the registration of any social worker who has died
or who, in the Council’s opinion, has become mentally or physically disabled to such
an extent that it would be contrary to the public interest for him to continue to practise
as a social worker; or
(b) may direct the Registrar to cancel the registration of any social worker who applies to
the Registrar in writing for his registration to be cancelled, if the Council is satisfied
that no disciplinary or criminal proceedings are being, or are likely to be, instituted
against the applicant in connection with the practice of his profession;
(c) may direct the Registrar to cancel any entry in the Register which is proved to the
satisfaction of the Council to have been made in error, whether the error arose through
fraud, false representation, the concealment of a material fact or in any other manner.
30 Return of certificate of registration on cancellation of registration
(1) A person whose registration is cancelled in terms of section twenty-nine or any other
provision of this Act shall return his certificate of registration to the Registrar within thirty days
after being requested in writing to do so:
Provided that, by written notice to the person concerned, the Council may dispense with this
requirement if it is satisfied that he has lost his certificate or that the certificate has been
destroyed.
(2) Any person who, without lawful excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be
guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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