Clause 3

Any moneylender who, personally or by any person acting on his behalf, harasses or intimidates his debtor, any member of the debtor’s family or any other person in connection with the loan to the debtor at, or watches or besets, the residence or place of business or employment of the debtor, the member of the debtor’s family or that other person, or any place at which the debtor receives his wages or any other sum periodically due to him, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, and an offender being a company shall be liable to a fine of not less than $4,000 and not more than $40,000.(2) Any person who, acting on behalf of a moneylender, commits or attempts to commit any of the acts specified in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.(3) Subject to section 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68], if any person, while committing any offence under subsection (1) or (2), causes hurt to another person, he shall also, on conviction under subsection (1) or (2), be liable to be punished with caning with not more than 6 strokes.”.