an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(5) It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request made by the Registrar or an inspector, or to resist or obstruct the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of any of his duties under this Act, if the Registrar or inspector fails to declare his office and to produce his authority in writing.
Power of Registrar to obtain further information
32.—(1) In order to obtain such information as the Registrar may consider necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may—
- (a) require any general partner or former general partner of a limited partnership to answer any question in writing which the Registrar may consider necessary to ask for the purposes specified in this subsection; or
- (b) summon that person to appear, before him or an inspector or any other public officer whom the Registrar may designate, to answer any such question orally.
(2) The Registrar may further require the person referred to in subsection (1) to make such further declaration or supply such further particulars as the Registrar may require.
Offences
33.—(1) Any person who—
- (a) fails to furnish any information required under section 18;
- (b) without lawful excuse, fails to comply with any summons or requisition of the Registrar under section 32;
- (c) makes any statement or furnishes any information to the Registrar under the provisions of this Act which is false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular and which he either knows or has reason to believe is false; or
- (d) contravenes any of the regulations made under this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence.
