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(1) The Executive Director or any officer of the Agency authorized by the Executive Director may request in writing from any person or request any person to attend at a time and place specified to give any information which the Executive Director considers reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Any person who -

(a) without reasonable excuse fails to provide information requested under subsection (1); or

(b) without reasonable excuse refuses or fails to attend as requested under subsection (1); or

(c) knowingly provides false information or any information which he has no reason to believe to be true; or

(d) obstructs any public officer in the lawful execution of any powers under this Act; commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ₵2 million or to imprisonment for one year or to both.

(3) Where an offence is committed under this Act or regulations made under it by a body of persons -

(a) in the case of body corporate other than a partnership, every director or an officer of the body shall also be deemed to be guilty of the offence; and

(b) in the case of a partnership every partner or officer of that body shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence.

(4) No person shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence by virtue of subsection (3) of this section if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance and that he exercised all due care and diligence to prevent the commission of the offence having regard to all the circumstances.