A person will be guilty of an offence—
| (a) | upon failing to comply with any request, direction, demand or order made or given by an inspector in accordance with the provisions of this Act; |
| (b) | when obstructing or hindering an inspector in performing his or her functions under this Act; |
| (c) | if that person, without the necessary authority, breaks, damages or tampers with a seal applied by an inspector in terms of this Act or removes any goods, documents, articles, items, objects or things sealed or sealed-off by an inspector or detained or stored at a counterfeit goods depot in terms of this Act; or |
| (d) | when, if asked in terms of section 5(1)(f) for information or an explanation relating to a matter within the knowledge of that person, he or she— |
| (i) | refuses or fails to give that information or explanation; or |
| (ii) | gives information or an explanation knowing it to be false or misleading. |
