Section 43A: Offences

43A. Offences (1) Any person who – (a) fails to attend the Commission after having, in writing, been required to do so; (b) knowingly gives false evidence, or evidence which he knows to be misleading, before the Commission; (c) conceals, destroys, alters, tampers with, or otherwise disposes of, any document or article, stored electronically or otherwise, which he has been summoned or required to produce; (d) procures the false testimony of a witness, or interferes with a witness on account of his testimony, before the Commission; (e) knowingly makes or causes to be made a false complaint before the Commission; (f) at any sitting of the Commission – (i) insults a member; or (ii) interrupts the proceedings; (g) obstructs or assaults a member in the discharge of his functions or exercise of his powers under this Act; or (h) impersonates a member of the Commission, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. Acts 2021 17 (2) Any person who otherwise contravenes this Act shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.