BOUNTY (COMPUTERS) ACT 1984 No. 113 of 1984 - SECT 27 Offences

BOUNTY (COMPUTERS) ACT 1984 No. 113 of 1984 - SECT 27

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

   (a)  to attend before a Collector or an authorized officer;

   (b)  to take an oath or make an affirmation; or

   (c)  to answer a question or produce an account, book, document or other
        record, when so required in pursuance of this Act.
Penalty: $1,000.

(2) A person shall not knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain bounty that is
not payable.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) A person shall not-

   (a)  make to an authorized officer or other person exercising a power or
        performing a function or duty in relation to this Act a statement,
        either orally or in writing, that is to the knowledge of the person
        false or misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  present (otherwise than in pursuance of sub-section 25 (1)) to an
        authorized officer or other person exercising a power or performing a
        function or duty in relation to this Act an account, book, document or
        other record that is to the knowledge of the person false or
        misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(4) A person shall not be prosecuted for a offence against sub-section (2) and
an offence against sub-section 15 (1) in respect of the same claim for bounty.
(5) In this section, "bounty" includes an advance on account of bounty under
section 12.