Chapter 12

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY.

113. Frauds and breaches of trust by person employed in the public

service. Any person employed in the public service who, in the discharge of the duties of his or her office, commits any fraud or breach of trust affecting the public, whether such fraud or breach of trust would have been criminal or not if committed against a private person, commits a misdemeanour.

114. Neglect of duty.

(1) A person who, being employed in a public body or a company in which the Government has shares, neglects to perform any duty which he or she is required to perform by virtue of such employment, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

(2) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that the discharge of the duty in question was impeded by reasonable cause.

115. False information.

Whoever gives to any person employed in the public service any information which he or she knows or believes to be false, intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he or she will thereby cause, any person employed in the public service—

(a) to do or omit anything which the person employed in the public service ought not to do or omit if the true state of facts respecting which such information is given were known to him or her;

(b) to use the lawful power of the person employed in the public service to the injury or annoyance of any person; or

(c) to devote his or her time and services to the investigation of such information, commits a misdemeanour.

116. Disobedience of statutory duty.

Any person who wilfully disobeys any written law by doing any act which it forbids, or by omitting to do any act which it requires to be done, and which concerns the public or any part of the public, commits a misdemeanour and is liable, unless it appears from such written law that it was the intention of the legislature to provide some other penalty for such disobedience, to imprisonment for two years.

117. Disobedience of lawful orders.

Any person who disobeys any order, warrant or command duly made, issued or given by any court, officer or person acting in any public capacity and duly authorised in that behalf commits a misdemeanour and is liable, unless any other penalty or mode of proceeding is expressly prescribed in respect of such disobedience, to imprisonment for two years