Chief occupant to furnish information. Forgery, etc., of identification card

(1) Where the Chief Elections Officer or a registering officer requires any chief occupant or occupier of any premises of which he is in charge to give information required by him for the performance of his function under this Act or any rules made hereunder, and where that occupant or occupier wilfully fails to give the information required from him, or gives information which he knows to be false, or which he does not believe to be true, he commits an offence. card. (2) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to obey any request or summons made or issued to him to be present at the inquiry into any application or objection commits an (3) A person who without reasonable excuse neglects, fails or refuses to return the identification card of himself or any other person when directed to do so by any registering officer or the Chief Elections Officer, within the time given therefore in the direction, commits an offence. (4) A person who without lawful authority forges, destroys, mutilates, defaces, removes or makes any alteration in– (a) an unused completed, incomplete or cancelled registration record card or any duplicate of the same; (b) a certificate as to registration; (c) an identification card; or (d) any other documents published or prescribed under this Act, commits an offence. REVISED EDITION 2018 24 (5) Any person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment.