CA 458 Section 56

Section 56

SEC. 56. Any person who, without lawful justification or excuse, hinders, obstructs, or delays any person authorized by the Reserve Bank to make an inspection of the books and accounts of a member bank for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness in any material particular of, any return submitted by such member bank, or for any other reason which, in the opinion of the Board, is desirable for the public interest, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand pesos or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT

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