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Part 4Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous offences and penalties

45Offence to obstruct investigation, etc

  1. Every person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction,—

  2. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding $15,000:
    1. in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $40,000,—
        1. who,—
      1. without lawful justification or excuse, resists, obstructs, or delays any member of the Serious Fraud Office in the exercise of any power conferred by section 9; or
        1. without lawful justification or excuse, refuses or fails to—as required pursuant to the exercise of any power conferred by section 9; or
          1. attend before the Director; or
            1. answer any question; or
              1. supply any information; or
                1. produce any document; or
                  1. provide any explanation; or
                    1. comply with any other requirement,—
                    2. in the course of complying with any requirement imposed pursuant to section 5 or section 9, gives an answer to any question, or supplies any information, or produces any document, or provides any explanation, knowing that it is false or misleading in a material particular or being reckless as to whether it is so false or misleading.

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                      • Section 45: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).