23. Duty to assist investigation

Any person who is required to make any disclosure or to assist in an investigation under this Act, shall comply with such requirement.

A person who obstructs the lawful exercise of the powers conferred on an expert or a police officer or fails to comply with such request made by such expert or police officer during an investigation shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.