Section 77, Cap 196

Any applicant for or holder of a prospecting right,exclusive prospecting licence, mining right, mining lease or water right who wilfully or recklessly gives false information as to any of the matters in respect of which information is or may be required to be given under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.