Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004)

Chapter 2 : Offences in respect of corrupt activities

Part 5 : Miscellaneous offences relating to possible conflict of interest and other unacceptable conduct

19. Intentional interference with, hindering or obstruction of investigation of offence
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Any person who, at any stage, with intent to defraud or to conceal an offence in terms of this Chapter or to interfere with, or to hinder or obstruct a law enforcement body in its investigation of any such offence—

(a)destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any book, document, valuable security, account, computer system, disk, computer printout or other electronic device or any entry in such book, document, account or electronic device, or is privy to any such act;
(b)makes or is privy to making any false entry in such book, document, account or electronic device; or

(c)        omits or is privy to omitting any information from any such book, document, account or electronic device,

is guilty of an offence.