Offences 11. (1) A person who – (a) wilfully resists, obstructs, impedes or hinders an inspector in the exercise of his powers or the performance of his duties under this Act or any regulations made thereunder; (b) contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder or of any order or direction made or given under this Act, or of any regulations made thereunder, with which it is his duty to comply; or (c) without reasonable cause contravenes or fails to comply with any of the conditions of a permit or other document issued in accordance with this Act or of any regulations made thereunder; or (d) maliciously introduces a pest on to land or premises in Malawi; or (e) on being required to do so fails or refuses to produce to an inspector a permit, certificate or other documents which he is required to have in accordance with this Act, or any regulations made thereunder; or (f) fails or refuses without reasonable cause to give information to an inspector when required to do so in accordance with this Act or knowingly gives false or incomplete information; or (g) for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or any other person, the issue of a permit, certificate or other document makes a declaration or statement which he knows to be false in any particular or does not know or believe to be true or knowingly makes use of a declaration, statement or document containing the same; shall be guilty of an offence and liable – (i) for an offence under paragraph (d), to a fine of four hundred pounds and to imprisonment for four years (ii) for any other offence, to a fine of one hundred pounds and to imprisonment for six months. (2) An inspector may seize and detain, and may order the destruction without compensation of, a growing medium, plant or other thing whatsoever which is removed from an infested or quarantine area in contravention of the provisions of this Act or an 8