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27. Refusal to furnish information

Any person who-

(a) refuses or neglects to furnish any of the particulars specified in a requisition under section 25(1);

(b) refuses or neglects, when required under section 25(3), to produce his lease,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

(Amended 15 of 1982 s. 15)

27A. Unlawful alienation

Any person, other than a mortgagee under a mortgage guaranteed either wholly or in part by the Crown, who, in the circumstances mentioned in section 17B, alienates or conveys, purports to alienate or convey, parts with possession or enters into an agreement to alienate, convey or part with possession, of the land mentioned in that section commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(Added 15 of 1982 s. 16)

28. Offences in respect of leases

(1) Any person who, without the consent of the Authority, alters a lease shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) Any person who, knowing that a lease has been altered without the consent of the Authority, makes any claim under, upon or by virtue of the same shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Added 42 of 1976 s. 6)

29. Obstruction

Any person who obstructs the Authority or an authorized officer in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty conferred or imposed under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

29A. Limitation of time for prosecution of offences

Notwithstanding anything in the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227)-

(a) proceedings in respect of an offence against any section of this Ordinance, other than section 26(2), may be brought at any time

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