Fact-finding mission offences

(1) A person commits an offence if– (a) he refuses without reasonable excuse to comply with any request made by a member of an authorized fact- finding mission or by a police officer assisting such a mission; and (b) that request is one made for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by that mission of its functions under the Ottawa Convention. (2) A person commits an offence if he wilfully obstructs any member of an authorized fact-finding mission in the carrying out of the mission’s functions under the Ottawa Convention. (3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable– (a) on summary conviction, to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of fifty thousand dollars. 15 (4) In this section, “authorized fact-finding mission” means a fact-finding mission in respect of which an authorization has been issued under section 10. immunities for