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(1)Any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs an officer of a local weights and measures authority or of a Government department acting in pursuance of this Act; or
(b)wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made to him by such an officer under section 28 of this Act; or
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give such an officer so acting any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require of him for the purpose of the performance of his functions under this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(2)If any person, in giving any such information as is mentioned in the preceding subsection, makes any statement which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.
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