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116A. Intentional destruction etc of documents

(1) A person ("P") commits an offence if the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which P has been required to produce by a notice under section 109.

(2) But P does not commit an offence under subsection (1) by reason of any act or omission if the CMA has proceeded against P under section 110(1) or (1A) in relation to that act or omission.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable -

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.

(4) In this section -

(a) the reference to the production of a document includes a reference to the production of a legible and intelligible copy of information recorded otherwise than in legible form;

(b) the reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing information recorded otherwise than in legible form.

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