s 29B Offences
29B.—(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to do anything required of the person by the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar under section 29A(1)(a) or (b), or by written notice under section 29A(1)(c), or by order under section 29A(2), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. (2) A person —(a) who intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any information, document or article which the person has been required by the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar under section 29A(1)(b) to provide or produce; or (b) who, in providing any information or producing any document or article required by the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar under section 29A(1)(b), makes any statement which the person knows or ought reasonably to know is, or is reckless as to whether it is, false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence. (3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (4) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the person —(a) does not possess the information, document or article required; or (b) has taken all reasonable steps available to the person to obtain the information, document or article required and has been unable to obtain it. (5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to provide any information, produce any document or article or answer any question if doing so might tend to incriminate that person.[Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024]