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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition

4B. Offence of obstructing, etc., Director‑General or authorised officer in exercise of powers, etc.

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Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

A person who, without reasonable excuse —

(a)

obstructs, hinders or delays the Director‑General or an authorised officer in the exercise of any power under section 4 or 4A;

(b)

neglects or refuses to produce any document, material or thing or to provide any information as required under section 4A;

(c)

produces any document, material or thing, or provides any information, as required under section 4A, that is false or misleading in any material particular; or

(d)

neglects or refuses to attend before the Director‑General or authorised officer as required under section 4A,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(2)

To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) or (b), it is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to provide any information, produce any document or answer any question if doing so might tend to incriminate that person.

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