Section 17: Obstruction of inspectors.

(1) Any person who-
(a) wilfully obstructs any inspector acting in the execution of his duty under this Act; or
(b) wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made of him by an inspector entering under section 16 of this Act; or
(c) without reasonable cause fails to give to any inspector acting as aforesaid any other assistance or information which the inspector may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the performance by the inspector of his functions under this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If any person, in giving to an inspector any such information as is mentioned in the foregoing subsection, gives any information which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.