Section 23

Any person who refuses the Port Master or an inspector or police officer access to any place or vessel, or otherwise hinders them in the performance of their duty, or refuses or neglects to give any information which is reasonably required of him and which he has it in his power to give or which he is required by this Act to give, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250.

Any person who furnishes as true information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence under section 177 of the Penal Code [Cap. 224].