Any person who—
| (a) | obstructs a sheriff or deputy-sheriff in the execution of his duty; |
| (b) | being aware that goods are under arrest, interdict or attachment by the court makes away with or disposes of those goods in a manner not authorized by law, or knowingly permits those goods, if in his possession or under his control, to be made away with or disposed of in such a manner; |
| (c) | being a judgment debtor and being required by a sheriff or deputy-sheriff to point out property to satisfy a warrant issued in execution of judgment against such person— |
| (i) | falsely declares to that sheriff or deputy-sheriff that he possesses no property or insufficient property to satisfy the warrant; or |
| (ii) | although knowing of such property neglects or refuses to point out such property or to deliver it to the sheriff or deputy-sheriff when requested to do so; or |
| (d) | being a judgment debtor refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement of a sheriff or deputy-sheriff in regard to the delivery of documents in his possession or under his control relating to the title of the immovable property under execution, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to such imprisonment without the option of a fine.
