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Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 s 13N

s 13N Obstructing community relations officer or auxiliary community relations officer

13N.—(1) Any person who without reasonable excuse —(a) refuses to give access to, or obstructs, hinders or delays; or (b) refuses to comply with any request, demand or order made or given by, a community relations officer or an auxiliary community relations officer in the discharge of his or her duties 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. (2) However, it is not an offence under subsection (1) for any person to refuse to comply with any request, demand or order made or given by a community relations officer or an auxiliary community relations officer (as the case may be) who —(a) fails to declare his or her office; or (b) refuses to produce his or her identification card on demand being made by that person.[Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]

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