EXCERPT OF THE TRADE ACT

SECTION 11: Where an order made by the minister under the provisions of Section 8 prohibits the importation or exportation of any goods, except under the authority of a licence granted by the minister, the minister may, subject to the provisions of this section, grant or withhold licences for the importation or, as the case may be, exportation of such goods.

SECTION 13 (l): Any person who

(a) contravenes or fails to comply with any term, condition, or restriction of, or subject to which, any licence is granted under Section 11, or

(b) in or in connection with any book, account or other document or any estimate, return or information which he is required to produce or furnish by virtue of any order made under this act, wilfully or recklessly gives any false or misleading information, or makes any false or misleading statement; or

(c) assaults or obstructs any person duly authorised by an order made by the minister under this act to enter or inspect any premises while such person is acting in the execution of his duty under this act, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof before a resident magistrate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $2 million and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two years.