Clause 5

For the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder have been complied with, the Registrar or an officer duly authorised by him may by notice to a moneylender require him to give to the Registrar or the officer any particular information or document, or information or document of a particular kind, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice.(2) Any moneylender who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with such notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(3) Any moneylender who, in purported compliance with such notice, knowingly or recklessly —

gives to the Registrar or the officer any information that is false or misleading in a material particular; or

gives to the Registrar or the officer any document which contains a statement or omits any matter which renders it false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.Powers of entry and inspection10B.—

The Registrar or an officer duly authorised by him may —

at any reasonable time enter any premises where a moneylender is carrying on the business of moneylending, or any premises where he reasonably suspects any business is being carried on in contravention of this Act or any rules made thereunder; and

inspect the premises and any document on those premises which he reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose of ascertaining whether a contravention of this Act or any rules made thereunder is being or has been committed.(2) Any person who —

refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to admit any person who demands admission to the premises under subsection (1)(a);

on being required by a person referred to in subsection (1) to do so, refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to permit the person to inspect the premises; or

on being required by a person referred to in subsection (1) to produce any document in his possession or under his control and which that person reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose specified in that subsection, refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to produce it to him and to permit him to take copies of it or of any entry in it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(3) Any person who, on being required by a person referred to in subsection (1) to produce any document in his possession or under his control and which that person reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose specified in that subsection, knowingly or recklessly produces any document which contains a statement or omits any matter which renders it false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.”.