Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993)14A. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | Any person who wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the Appeal Committee or who wilfully hinders or obstructs the Appeal Committee in the performance of its functions, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
| (2) | Any person who— |
| (a) | is summoned to appear before the Appeal Committee to give evidence or to produce any book, document or object before the Appeal Committee and who, without sufficient cause, fails or refuses to— |
| (i) | attend the proceedings at the time and place specified in the summons, or to remain in attendance until the conclusion of the appeal; |
| (ii) | remain in attendance until he or she is excused by the chairperson of the Appeal Committee from further attendance; or |
| (iii) | be sworn in or to make an affirmation as a witness after he or she has been required by the chairperson of the Appeal Committee to do so; or |
| (b) | having been sworn in or having made an affirmation, fails to answer fully and satisfactorily any question lawfully put to him or her, or fails to produce any book, document or object in his or her possession or custody or under his or her control, which he or she has been summoned to produce, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
| (3) | Any person who, after having been sworn in or having made an affirmation, gives false evidence before the Appeal Committee on any matter, knowing such evidence to be false or not knowing or believing it to be true, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |