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Prevention and Control of Disease (Disclosure of Information) Regulation L.N. 13 of 2020 Section 4 (3) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (2) to prove that the information required to be given was not within the knowledge, in the possession or under the control (as the case may be) of the person charged, and could not reasonably have been ascertained or obtained (as the case may be) by the person.

(4) A person commits an offence if the person, in purported compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1), knowingly gives to a health officer any information that is false or misleading in a material particular.

(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) or (4) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

4. Giving false or misleading information to medical practitioner is offence

(1) A person commits an offence if the person, when attended by a medical practitioner acting in the course of professional practice, knowingly gives to the medical practitioner any false or misleading information of the person that is relevant to the risk of exposure to or contracting the disease.

(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(3) In this section—

information (資料), in relation to a person, means any information about—
 * (a) the places where the person has been to;
 * (b) the medical history of the person; or
 * (c) any contact between the person and other persons.