175.—(1) Any person who, in purported compliance with any provision made by or under this Act—

(a) provides an answer or explanation, makes a statement or produces or delivers any return, certificate, balance sheet or other document which is false in a material particular and which he knows to be so false, or

(b) recklessly provides an answer or explanation, makes a statement or produces or delivers any return, report, certificate, balance sheet or other document which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) If the court by which a person is found guilty on indictment of an offence under subsection (1) is of the opinion that any act, omission or conduct which gave rise to that offence has—

(a) substantially contributed to a credit union being unable to pay its debts, or

(b) prevented or seriously impeded the orderly winding up of a credit union, or

(c) substantially facilitated the defrauding of creditors of a credit union or of any other person,

then, in place of the penalty provided by section 171(2)(b), that person shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding £10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both.