Town and Country Planning Act · s 34

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s 34Penalties for non-compliance with information notice

(1)

If the person on whom an information notice is served does not comply with the notice at the end of 28 days from the day the notice was served on him, he is guilty of an offence.

(2)

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the information required in the information notice.

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(3)

If any person —

(a)

makes any statement purporting to comply with a requirement of an information notice which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b)

recklessly makes such a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, he is guilty of an offence.

(4)

Any person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.