(1) Any person who by a false representation obtains without payment or at a reduced rate of payment any medicine, surgical appliance, attendance or treatment at a hospital shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred new cedis.

(2) Any person who commits any of the acts referred to in subsection (1) shall, whether or not he is prosecuted, be liable to pay for such medicine, surgical appliance, attendance or treatment at the prescribed rates, and in respect of such payment shall not be entitled to the benefit of any exemption under this Act.