Puffing Devil
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The form to declare your income for the court linked to by tspaul26 even says on it that it's an offence to fill it in incorrectly or make a deliberate omission.
It is an offence to give incorrect information, in my experience the information provided was rarely checked if it was in the "bounds of reason". Many in the system thought a requirement to bring in bank statements and wage slips would be a sensible move.
The bench can also infer income - say you're caught speeding in your new Audi but declare zero or a low income, a suitable penalty can be imposed which the defendant can appeal.
For the SJP notice, if all is in order on the paperwork, it's more than likely to be processed in a couple of minutes by the magistrate.