Section 44: Offences

44. 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; (d) at any sitting of the Tribunal— (i) wilfully insults any member thereof; (ii) wilfully interrupts the proceedings or commits any other contempt of the Tribunal; (e) fraudulently procures or attempts to procure his registration; (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 the Tribunal during any investigation or proceedings; (h) molests any member of the Council or the Tribunal in the course of, or on account of, any investigation or proceedings under this Act; (i) contravenes any regulations made under this Act, shall commit an offence. [Issue 5] M60 – 20 (2) Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) Any person who commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under it shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months. 45. — PART V — 46. – 54. — FIRST SCHEDULE [Section 4] RULES OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL