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Section 12

Power of Commissioner to require disclosure of information

of Sports Development Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 14 of 48
Section 12
(1)

The Commissioner may direct any person to disclose to the

Commissioner any information and produce any report and document within his knowledge or in his possession as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of exercising any of the powers and functions of the Commissioner under this Act and he may further direct the attendance before him of any person whom he considers necessary to enable him to carry out his powers and functions under this Act.

(2)

Any person who—

(a)

fails to comply with the direction of the Commissioner under subsection (1);

(b)

discloses any information which is known to him to be false; or

(c)

produces a report or document which is known to him to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit but not more than fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.