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Rh Obstruction of Director, etc.

36. Any person who—
 * (a) hinders, obstructs or molests the Director or an authorised officer, in the performance and execution of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or required to do under this Act;
 * (b) interferes with any work authorised to be executed under this Act; or
 * (c) fails to facilitate by all reasonable means the entry and inspection of any searchable place by the Director or an authorised officer or the making of any test which the Director or an authorised officer is empowered under this Act,

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.

False statements

37.—(1) No person shall, in or in relation to an application or a notice under this Act, knowingly or recklessly—
 * (a) make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 * (b) give to the Director or an authorised officer a document containing information that is false or misleading in a material particular without—
 * (i) indicating to the Director or the authorised officer that the document is false or misleading and the respect in which the document is false or misleading; and
 * (ii) providing correct information to the Director or the authorised officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.

(2) No person shall, otherwise than in or in relation to an application or a notice under this Act, knowingly or recklessly—