56. Destroying or falsifying documents
Feedback & supportAny person who, having been required to produce a document under section 52 or 53 —
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“document” includes —(a)any map, plan, graph or drawing;(b)any photograph;(c)any label, marking or other writing which identifies or describes anything of which it forms a part, or to which it is attached by any means whatsoever;(d)any disc, tape, sound-track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom;(e)any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disc or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom; and(f)any paper or other material on which there are marks, impressions, figures, letters, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;
intentionally or recklessly destroys or otherwise disposes of it, falsifies it or conceals it; or (b)causes or permits its destruction, disposal, falsification or concealment, shall be guilty of an offence.