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Rh :(d) a protector; or
 * (e) a relevant support person,

in the discharge of his or her duties, or the exercise of his or her powers, under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Offence of providing false information, etc.

32.—(1) If—
 * (a) a person furnishes a document or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information to the Director or enforcement officer;
 * (b) the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading;
 * (c) the person knows, or ought to know, that the document is false or misleading, or that statement or information is as described in paragraph (b); and
 * (d) the document is furnished, or the statement is made or the information is given, for or in connection with a question or request of the Director or enforcement officer under this Act,

the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the document, statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular, or if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading in a material particular.