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Obstructing enforcement officer in execution of duties
16. Any person who obstructs, hinders or impedes an enforcement officer in the performance or execution of the enforcement officer’s duty or anything which the enforcement officer is authorised, empowered or required to do under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
17.—(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved —(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate; or (b) to be attributable to any neglect on the officer’s part, the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate. (3) Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership is proved —(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner; or (b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of a partner, the partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (4) Where an offence under this Act committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved —(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body; or (b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer or member, the officer or member as well as the unincorporated association shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (5) In this section —“officer” —(a) in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; or (b) in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.
Offences
18. Any person who contravenes section 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
Consent to prosecute
19. No prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act may be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.
Jurisdiction of court
20. Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full penalty or punishment for any such offence.
Service of documents
21.—(1) Any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person, and any summons issued by a court against any person in connection with any offence under this Act may be served on the person —(a) by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of the person’s family or household at the person’s last known place of residence; (b) by leaving it at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to the person; (c) by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business; or (d) in the case of an incorporated company, a partnership or a body of persons —(i) by delivering it to the secretary or other similar officer of the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business; or (ii) by sending it by registered post addressed to the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business. (2) Any notice, order, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to be duly served on the person at the time when the notice, order, document or summons (as the case may be) would in the ordinary course of post be delivered. (3) In proving the service of any notice, order, document or summons effected under this section, it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the same was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
Regulations
22. The Minister may make regulations for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act and generally to give effect to the provisions of this Act, and for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
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