Penalty for obstructing execution of Act

(1) A person who wilfully obstructs any person acting in the execution of this Act or of any regulations, by-laws, Order or warrant made or issued thereunder commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. (2) If, in any proceedings under sub-section (1), the court is satisfied that the offender committed the offence with intent to prevent the discovery of some other offence under this Act, or if he has within the twelve months last preceding been convicted of an offence under sub-section (1), he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. (3) If a sampling officer applies to purchase any food or drug exposed for sale, or on sale by retail, and tenders the price for the quantity which he requires as a sample, and the person exposing the food or drug for sale, or having it for sale, refuses to sell to the officer the quantity thereof as required, or if the seller or consignor, or any person having for the time being the charge, of any food or drug of which an officer is empowered to take a sample, refuses to allow the officer to take the quantity which he requires as a sample, the person so refusing shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to have wilfully obstructed the officer. (4) Where any food or drug is exposed for sale in an unopened container duly labelled, no person shall be required to sell it except in the unopened container in which it is contained. (5) A person who fails to give to any person acting in the execution of this Act or of any regulations, by-laws, Order or warrant made or issued thereunder, any assistance which that person may reasonably request him to give, or any information which that person is expressly authorised by this Act to call for or may reasonably require, or who, when required to give any information, knowingly makes any misstatement in respect thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information, if to do so might incriminate him.