19.     Offences and penalties

            (1) Any person who-

     (a)     tampers with any seeds so as to procure that any sample taken under this Act does not correctly represent the bulk of the seeds;

     (b)     tampers in any manner with any sample taken under this Act;

     (c)     with intent to deceive, causes or allows to be sent to any seed-testing station, or to any person, to be tested for the purposes of this Act, a sample of seeds which to his knowledge does not correctly represent the bulk of the seeds;

     (d)     wilfully obstructs or interferes with, or fails to comply with any lawful order given by any inspector in the execution of his powers or duties under this Act;

     (e)     makes or causes to be made any statement or certificate which is required to be delivered or displayed under this Act and which is false in any material particular; or

     (f)      sells or exposes for sale any seeds which do not correspond with the description in any certificate required to be delivered or displayed under this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence.

            (2) Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Pl000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.