Section 16: Offence

(1) If any person wilfully delays an inspector in the exercise of any power conferred on him under section 15 of this Act, or fails to comply with the requisition of an inspector in pursuance of the said section or to produce any document or furnish any information which he is required by or in pursuance of this Act to produce or furnish or wilfully withholds any information as to who is the proprietor of any hotel or allied hospitality establishment, that person, shall be deemed to obstruct an inspector in the execution of his duties under the provisions of this Act.
(2) Where an inspector is obstructed in the execution of his powers or duties under the provisions of this Act, the person obstructing him shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N1,000 or to imprisonment for one month or to both such fine and imprisonment.