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(1) A person who

(a) threatens, resists, hinders or obstructs, or uses foul, insulting or abusive language towards a person who is exercising a power under this Act, or

(b) refuses or fails to answer a question put to that person in the course of the performance by an officer of a function under this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than five hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than one thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than two years and not more than four years or to both.

(2) A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act and who after the conviction continues with the conduct in respect of which that person has been convicted, commits a further offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than one hundred penalty units and not more than one thousand penalty units for each day that the offence continues or to a term of imprisonment of not less than six months and not more than two years or to both.