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Counterfeit Goods Act, 1997 (Act No. 37 of 1997)

18. Miscellaneous offences

 

A person will be guilty of an offence—

(a) upon failing to comply with any request, direction, demand or order made or given by an inspector in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(b) when obstructing or hindering an inspector in performing his or her functions under this Act;
(c) if that person, without the necessary authority, breaks, damages or tampers with a seal applied by an inspector in terms of this Act or removes any goods, documents, articles, items, objects or things sealed or sealed-off by an inspector or detained or stored at a counterfeit goods depot in terms of this Act; or
(d) when, if asked in terms of section 5(1)(f) for information or an explanation relating to a matter within the knowledge of that person, he or she—
(i) refuses or fails to give that information or explanation; or
(ii) gives information or an explanation knowing it to be false or misleading.