Section 149 - “Preventing Service or Publication of Summons etc”: Whoever in any
manner intentionally prevents the serving on himself or on any other
person of any summons, notice or order proceeding from any public
servant legally competent as such public servant to issue such summons, ,
notice or order, or
intentionally prevents the lawful affixing to any place of any such
summons, notice or order, or
intentionally prevents the lawful making of any proclamation under the
authority of any public servant legally competent as such public servant to
direct such proclamation to be made,
Commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or with fine not
exceeding LS10 or with both; or
If the summons, notice, order or proclamation is to attend in person or by
agent or to produce a document in Court, with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding LS60 or with both.
Section 150 - “Non-attendance in Obedience to any Order from a Public Servant”:
Whoever, having been required by a summons, notice, order or
proclamation proceeding from any public servant legally competent as
such public servant to issue the same to attend in person or by agent at a
certain time and place, intentionally and without reasonable cause refuses
or omits to attend at the place and time or departs from that place before
the time at which it is lawful for him to depart, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or with fine not
exceeding Ls10 or with both; or
If the summons, notice, order or proclamation is to attend in person or by
agent in a Court, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or with fine not exceeding Ls60 or with both.
Section 151 - “Omission to Produce Document to Public Servant”: Whoever, having
been required by a summons, notice, order or proclamation proceeding
from a public servant legally competent as such public servant to issue the
same to produce or deliver up any document or other thing, intentionally
omits so to produce or deliver up the same, commits an offence and shall
on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one month or with fine not exceeding LS 10 or with both; or
If the document is to be produced or delivered up to a Court, with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not
exceeding LS60 of with both.
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