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57CH. Obstruction of Financial Services Ombudsman in the performance or exercise of functions and powers.

Repealed from 1 January 2018

A person who -

(a) obstructs the Financial Services Ombudsman in the exercise of a power conferred by this Chapter, or

(b) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement or request made by that Ombudsman under this Chapter, or

(c) in purported compliance with such a requirement or request, gives information that the person knows to be false or misleading, or

(d) refuses to comply with a summons to attend before, or to be examined on oath by, that Ombudsman,

commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both.

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