Section 42: Offences

42. Offences (1) Any person who— (a) fails to attend the Tribunal after having been required to do so; (b) gives false evidence or evidence which he knows to be misleading before the Tribunal; (c) at any sitting of the Tribunal— (i) wilfully insults any member thereof; N39 – 17 [Issue 1] Nursing Council Act (ii) wilfully interrupts the proceedings or commits any contempt of the Tribunal; (d) fraudulently procures or attempts to procure his registration under this Act; (e) being required in writing by the Council to attend as a witness or to produce any document for the purposes of this Act, fails to do so without any reasonable or lawful justification or excuse; (f) obstructs the Council or Tribunal during the course of any proceedings or investigation under this Act; (g) molests any member of the Council or Tribunal in the course of or on account of any investigation or proceedings under this Act; and (h) contravenes any regulations 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 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months. 43. — PART V – SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL