Section 25Part 5 — OFFENCES AND PROCEEDINGS
Obstruction, etc., of officers of the Board
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Any person who —
intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of that person's duties under this Law; or
without reasonable cause fails to give to the Board, or to any person acting in the execution of that person's duties under this Law, any assistance or information which the Board or that person may reasonably require of that person for the performance of their respective functions under this Law,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for three months, or to both.
Any person who, in purported compliance with a requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(b) —
furnishes information which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.
Nothing in subsection (1)(b) shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or to give information if to do so might incriminate that person.