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Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20) 34. (1) The following section shall be inserted after section 37 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968—
 * 37A.—(1) Any person who in a certificate tendered under paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (computer records) in evidence before the Appeal Court makes a statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;
 * (b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
 * (2) Proceedings for an offence under this section committed outside the United Kingdom may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.
 * (3) In this section “statutory maximum” has the meaning given by section 74 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.”.
 * (3) In this section “statutory maximum” has the meaning given by section 74 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.”.

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) 35. In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified under those Acts) there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in alphabetical order— “The Police Complaints Authority”. Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52) 36. The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 17 of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 1976 (Standing Civilian Courts)—
 * “17A. Section 200A of that Act (false statements in computer record certificates) shall have effect as if the reference to a court-martial in subsection (1) included a reference to a Standing Civilian Court.”.

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) 37. The following subsection shall be substituted for section 138(4) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979—
 * “(4) Where any person has been arrested by a person who is not an officer—
 * (a) by virtue of this section; or
 * (b) by virtue of section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in its application to offences under the customs and excise Acts,