s 100 General penalty
100.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, it is an offence if —(a) a society, or any officer or member of a society, or any other person, neglects or refuses to do an act or furnish information required for the purposes of this Act by the Minister, the Registrar or a person duly authorised in that behalf by the Minister or Registrar, as the case may be; (b) a person makes a false return or declaration or furnishes false information under this Act; (c) a person (called in this paragraph the provider) provides or furnishes, or causes to be provided or furnished, to the Registrar or a person duly authorised by the Registrar, any return, declaration, document or information that the provider knows, or is reckless as to whether, is false or misleading; (d) a person, without reasonable excuse, disobeys any summons, requisition, written direction or written order issued under this Act or does not furnish information required from the person by a person authorised to do so under this Act; (e) a person acts or purports to act as a member of the committee of management of a society when not entitled to do so; (f) a society, or any officer or member thereof, performs any act which requires the consent or approval of the Registrar without first having obtained the consent or approval; (g) a society, or any officer or member thereof, neglects or refuses to do any act or thing which is required by or under this Act to be done; (h) a society, or any officer or member thereof, does or causes to be done any act or thing which is prohibited by this Act; or (i) a person, without reasonable excuse, hinders, delays or obstructs the Registrar, or a person duly authorised by the Registrar, in the exercise of the Registrar’s powers or the discharge of the Registrar’s duties under this Act, or interferes with the exercise or discharge of the Registrar’s powers or duties.[3/2018] (2) Any society which fails to comply with a term or condition of its registration, or of any approval granted by the Registrar under section 16A, shall be guilty of an offence. (3) Every society, officer, agent, employee or member of a society or other person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.