Penalty for issuing false certificate, etc

Every medical practitioner who, (a) issues a certificate relating to the state of mind of any person for the purpose of an inquiry or other procedure under this Act which is to his knowledge false in any material particular; or (b) refuses or neglects to make an examination of a person believed to be of unsound mind when appointed by the Minister or a magistrate, or when required by the Director of Health Services, to do so for any purpose of this Act, or fails to furnish a certificate of the result of any examination which he is appointed or required to make as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and 31 fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.