Section 42: Offences

42. Offences (1) Any person who— (a) fails to attend the Tribunal after having been required to do so; (b) refuses to take an oath before the Tribunal or to answer fully and satisfactorily to the best of his knowledge and belief any question lawfully put to him in any proceedings before the Tribunal or to produce any article or document when required to do so by the Tribunal; (c) gives false evidence or evidence which he knows to be misleading before the Tribunal; D5 – 17 [Issue 1] Dental Council Act (d) at any sitting of the Tribunal— (i) wilfully insults any member thereof; (ii) wilfully interrupts the proceedings or commits any contempt of the Tribunal; (e) fraudulently procures or attempts to procure his registration under this Act; (f) being required in writing by the Council to attend as a witness or to procure any document for the purposes of this Act, fails to do so without any reasonable or lawful justification or excuse; (g) obstructs the proceedings of the Council or Tribunal during any investigation by or proceedings of the Council or Tribunal under this Act; (h) molests any member of the Council or Tribunal in the course of or on account of any investigation or proceedings under this Act; (i) contravenes any regulation made under this Act, shall commit an offence. (2) Any person who commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months. 43. — PART V – SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL 44. – 50. —