(1) No person or public utility shall obstruct or refuse to co-operate with the Commission or a panel in the performance of its functions under these Regulations.

(2) Any person who contravenes sub-regulation (1) of this regulation commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ¢5 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

(3) In the case of a continuing offence is committed by a public utility which is a body corporate or by a partnership or other firm, every director or officer or the body corporate or any member of the partnership or other person concerned with the management of the public utility shall also be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ¢10 million for the offence and shall in addition be liable to the payment of compensation for any damage resulting from the breach unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that

(a) he exercised due diligence to secure compliance with the provision of this Act; and

(b) the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance.