(1) A person who, with intent to defraud by any means or in any way or manner makes any false claim to any public monies or to public property is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) In this section “make” includes to put forward or to be concerned in or be a party to the making or putting forward of a false claim.
(3) When a person is convicted of obtaining by fraud any notified plant or notified plant product, the Court may, in substitution for or in addition to any penalty to which he or she may otherwise be liable, sentence him or her to an additional term of 6 months imprisonment.