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Offences of obstruction, etc
Cap. 302:01, s. 10 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Any person who,
(a) obstructs, hinders or prevents any designated officer from entering premises pursuant to section 9 (2) of this Act; or
(b) fails or refuses to produce any wage sheet and record required to be produced in accordance with section 9 (2) of this Act, being a wage 12 sheet or record which was made or should have been made within the preceding six years,
commits and offence and shall be on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.
(2) Any person who,
(a) makes or causes to be made or knowingly allows to be made any wage sheet, record of remuneration or occupation which is false in any material particular or produces or causes to be produced or knowingly allows to be produced any wage sheet or other record to any designated officer acting in the exercise of the powers given to that officer by this Act, knowing the same to be false; or
(b) not being a designated officer, with intent to deceive any employer or employee, pretends to be such an officer,
commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.
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