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Rh (5) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement imposed under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(6) Any person who intentionally obstructs the Registrar or a person authorised as mentioned in subsection (3) in the carrying out of his functions under that subsection shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(7) The powers conferred by virtue of subsection (1) shall apply in relation to candidates and election agents except that the powers may only be exercised by the Registrar (or, as the case may be, by a person authorised by the Registrar) for or in connection with obtaining such information or explanations relating to the income and expenditure of candidates and election agents in connection with their political activities as the Registrar reasonably require for the purpose of monitoring compliance on the part of candidates or election agents with the requirements imposed by or by virtue of this Act.

Supply of false or misleading information to Registrar, etc.

30.—(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides the Registrar with information which is false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence if the information is provided—
 * (a) in purported compliance with a requirement imposed by or under this Act; or
 * (b) otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) but in circumstances in which the person providing the information intends, or could reasonably be expected to know, that it would be used by the Registrar for the purpose of discharging his functions under this Act.

(2) A person who—
 * (a) alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys; or
 * (b) causes or permits the alteration, suppression, concealment or destruction of,

any document or other record relating to the financial affairs or transactions of a political association, candidate or election agent with