Hindering etc. Commission etc. and false etc. answers, offences as to
29 Hindering etc. Commission etc. and false etc. answers, offences as to
A person —
who without lawful excuse —
hinders the Commission, an authorised officer or other officer of the Commission acting in the course of the duties of that officer, a member of the Police Force, or an auditor appointed under this Act in relation to any gambling, in the exercise or purported exercise of a power conferred by this Act or any other written law relating to gambling; or
refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of the Commission, such an authorised officer or other officer of the Commission, or a member of the Police Force, or such an auditor, lawfully made under this Act or such a written law;
or
who knowingly or recklessly —
for the purpose of obtaining a benefit for himself or any other person, in or in relation to any application made in respect of an approval, permit or certificate under this Act or in respect of any licence or other matter under any other written law relating to gambling, or its renewal or re‑instatement; or
in relation to any report, books or other thing furnished or required to be furnished; or
in purported compliance with a requirement made under this Act or such a written law,
makes any statement, that is false or misleading or which makes any material omission, or furnishes or causes to be furnished any report, book or other thing that is false or is misleading in a material particular, or which makes any material omission,
commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $100 000.
Where in relation to any gambling an independent auditor is appointed by the Commission or an authorised officer or member of the Police Force is assisted by an auditor under section 22, a person who —
being a person conducting or associated in any manner with the gambling, fails to answer truthfully to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, any question asked of him by the auditor, or fails to disclose to the auditor all books and things which may be in his possession or control relating to the gambling; or
being such an auditor, is guilty of any neglect or breach of duty under this Act,
commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $100 000.
[Section 29 amended: No. 35 of 2003 s. 166; No. 41 of 2018 s. 25(1); No. 53 of 2024 s. 47.]
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