Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT BOUNTY ACT 1977 No. 28 of 1977 - SECT 19

19. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail-

   (a)  to attend before the Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized
        person;

   (b)  to be sworn or make an affirmation; or

   (c)  to answer a question or produce an account, book, document or other
        record, when required in pursuance of this Act.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months.

(2) A person shall not-

   (a)  knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain bounty that is not payable;

   (b)  obtain or attempt to obtain payment of bounty by means of a statement
        that he knows to be false or misleading or by means of a document that
        to his knowledge contains information that is false or misleading; or

   (c)  make to an officer or other person doing duty in relation to this Act
        or the regulations, including the Comptroller-General, a Collector or
        an authorized person when exercising his powers under section 18, a
        statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months.

(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence against sub-section (2), the
court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that sub- section, order
the person to refund to the Commonwealth the amount of any bounty wrongfully
obtained by him.

(4) Where a court has made an order under sub-section (3), a certificate under
the hand of the appropriate officer of the court specifying the amount ordered
to be refunded and the person by whom the amount is payable may be filed in a
court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of that amount and is thereupon
enforceable in all respect as a final judgment of that court.