PART XN.I.OFFENCES

ObstructionN.I.

125.—(1) Any person who without reasonable cause—

(a)refuses to allow the inspection of any premises by a person authorised in that behalf by or under this Order;

(b)refuses to allow the visiting, interviewing or examination of any person by a person so authorised;

(c)refuses to produce for the inspection of any person so authorised any document or record the production of which is duly required by him; or

(d)otherwise obstructs any such person in the exercise of his functions,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), any person who insists on being present when requested to withdraw by a person authorised as aforesaid to interview or examine a person in private, shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or to both.