Section 28: Unauthorised access, refusal to give information, etc.

(1) Any person who-
(a) without lawful authorisation, accesses data or information contained in the Database; or
(b) refuses to provide relevant data or information to the Commission; or
(c) in giving any information for the purposes of this Act, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement or provides information to the Commission which is false in any material particular, commits an offence under this Act.
(2) A person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) (a) of this section shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term not less than ten (10) years without option of fine. Any person found guilty of an offence under any other provision of this section of this Act shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N250,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not less than 3 years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) Where an offence under subsection (1) of this section is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the connivance of or attributable to any neglect on the part of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any other person purporting to act in any such capacity, such person as well as the body corporate shall be deemed guilty of that offence and shall each be liable on conviction, if an offence under subsection (1) (a), to imprisonment for ten (10) years and the body corporate to a fine of N10,000,000.00, with regard to any other offence, such person shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of N1,000,000.00.