Section 353 — Immigration Act 2009: Offences in relation to Tribunal

353 Offences in relation to Tribunal (1) Every person commits an offence who, after being summoned to attend to give evidence before the Tribunal or to produce to it any papers, documents, records, or things, without sufficient cause,— (a) fails to attend in accordance with the summons; or (b) refuses to be sworn or to give evidence, or having been sworn refuses to answer any question that the person is lawfully required by the Tribunal or any member of it to answer; or (c) fails to produce any such paper, document, record, or thing. (2) Every person commits an offence who— (a) intentionally obstructs or hinders the Tribunal or any member of it or any authorised person in any inspection or examination of papers, documents, records, or things under clause 10(1)(a) of Schedule 2 ; or (b) without sufficient cause, fails to comply with any requirement of the Tribunal or any authorised person made under clause 10(1)(b) or (c) of Schedule 2; or (c) without sufficient cause, acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any order made by the Tribunal under clause 10(3) of Schedule 2 or any term or condition of the order. (3) No person summoned to attend before the Tribunal may be convicted of an offence against subsection (1) unless at the time of the service of the summons, or at some other reasonable time before the date on which the person was required to attend, there was made to the person a payment or tender of the amount determined under clause 16 of Schedule 2 . Compare: 1908 No 25 s 9