Offences by involved person
431 Offences by involved person
An involved person must not —
fail to comply with a lawful requirement of an investigator without showing reasonable cause for the failure; or
give an investigator information knowing the information to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
when appearing before an investigator —
make a statement knowing the statement to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $24 000, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
If an investigator considers that a failure by a person to comply with a requirement of the investigator is an offence under subsection (1)(a), the investigator may certify the failure to the Supreme Court and the Court may then —
order the involved person to comply with the requirement of the investigator within a stated period; or
instead of, or in addition to, making that order, punish the involved person as for a contempt of the Court if satisfied that there was no lawful excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement of the investigator.
[Section 431 amended: No. 7 of 2016 s. 165.]
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