Minerals Development Act 2017
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Offence relating to witnesses and production of documents and property | ||
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176. A person who— | ||
(a) having been summoned under section 175 to attend before the Mining Board defaults in attending, | ||
(b) being in attendance before the Mining Board, refuses to take the oath on being required by the Board to do so or refuses to answer any question in respect of which the Board may legally require an answer, | ||
(c) having been summoned under section 175 to produce records or other documents or property in the person’s power or control, or within the person’s procurement, refuses to produce the document or property, or | ||
(d) does any other thing that, if the Mining Board were a court having power to commit for contempt of court, would be contempt of such court, | ||
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. |