Section 152 – “Omission to give Notice or Information to Public Servant by Person Legally Bound to give it”: Whoever, being legally bound to give any notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant as such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information in the manner and at the time required by law, 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 notice or information required to be given respects the commission of an offence or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence or in order to the arrest of an offender, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding LS60 or with both. Note - For instances in which a person is legally bound to give information, see sections 109, 110 and 110A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 2003. Section 153 – “Furnishing False Information”: Whoever, being legally bound to furnish information on any subject to any public servant as such, furnishes as true information on the subject which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding LS60 or with both; or If the information which he is legally bound to give respects the commission of an offence or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence or the arrest of an offender, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or with fine or with both. Section 154 – “False Information with Intent to Mislead Public Servant”: Whoever gives to any public servant any information which he knows or believes to be false, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause such public servant:(a) to do or to omit anything which such public servant ought to do or omit if the true state of facts respecting which such information is given were known by him, or (b) to use the lawful power of such public servant to the injury or annoyance of any person, Commits an offence and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding LS60 or with both. 43

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