44. Offences with respect to information

submits false information in any application, report or other document under this Act;

furnishes or causes to be furnished to any mines officer any false particular, information or statement in respect of any matter which such officer requires to be given under this Act;

refuses to answer or gives a false answer to any question put to him by any mines officer for the purpose of obtaining any particular, information or statement required to be given under this Act;

counterfeits, falsifies or uses when counterfeited or falsified any document required by this Act or any instrument used in the transaction of any business or matter under this Act;

alters any document or instrument or counterfeits the seal, signature, initials or other marks of or used by any mines officer for the verification of any such document or instrument or any other purpose in the conduct of any business or matter under this Act;

deceives any mines officer, by fraud or otherwise, by issuing any document or making or causing to be made any entry in any book, document or instrument kept for the purpose of this Act to enable any person to move, transport, deliver or export mineral ore in any manner other than such manner as may be prescribed;

makes or attempts to make or causes to be made any incorrect entry in any book, document or instrument kept for the purposes of this Act;

uses or attempts to use any error in any book, document or instrument, or any incorrect entry in any book, document or instrument kept for the purposes of this Act; or

fails or refuses to produce any document as may be required by any mines officer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.