(4) The court may make an order under this section notwithstanding that no person has been charged with or convicted of an offence under this Act in relation to the thing to be forfeited.
False or misleading statements and documents
31. Where any person who for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of any licence or approval under this Act, or for any other purpose in relation to this Act—
- (a) in any document prepared pursuant to this Act, makes any declaration or statement or omits any matter knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the declaration, statement or omission makes the document false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (b) otherwise produces or makes use of any document which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Obstruction, etc., of authorised officer or IAEA inspector
32.—(1) Any person who obstructs, hinders, resists or deceives any authorised officer or IAEA inspector who is exercising any function contemplated, or any power provided for, in this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to a refusal to give consent to entry—
- (a) by a national inspector who is not acting pursuant to a warrant referred to in section 24 or 25;
- (b) by an IAEA inspector who is not acting pursuant to a warrant referred to in section 25; or
- (c) by an authorised officer who is not acting pursuant to a warrant referred to in section 28.
