POLICE ACT (as amended) attend at the time and place specified in the subpoena or to remain in attendance until excused from attendance by the presiding officer, or if any person when lawfully required to do so under this section, without sufficient cause, refuses to produce any book, document or thing in his possession or custody or under his control, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001] (4) Any witness who, after having been sworn, makes a false statement at any trial before an officer or board of officers, knowing or believing it to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001] 37 Penalty for contempt of officer or board of officers If any person wilfully insults an officer or a board of officers during a trial in terms of this Act, or wilfully interrupts the proceedings of any such trial, or, on being subpoenaed or examined as a witness before an officer or a board of officers, refuses to be sworn or to answer any lawful question, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001] 38 Certain provisions of Cap. 9:07 not to apply in prosecutions Sections 356 to 359 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall not apply in any prosecution under this Act against a member. 39 Penalties recoverable by stoppages from pay Any penalty imposed under this Act upon a member, may be recovered by stoppages from the pay of such member. 40 Liability of person for offence committed while member If any person, while a member, has committed an offence under this Act and has subsequently September 2003 13 ceased to be a member, this Act shall apply to him in respect of such offence as though he were a member. 41 Completion of sentence of imprisonment before vacation of office If a person ceases to be a member while undergoing any sentence of imprisonment imposed under this Act, the sentence shall remain valid and binding, and the person shall undergo and complete the sentence unless otherwise discharged therefrom. 42 Places of imprisonment and issue of warrants (1) Any member charged with or convicted of an offence under this Act may be imprisoned, before or after conviction, in any place set apart by the Commissioner as a guard room, police cell or lock-up or may be removed to the nearest prison, and any guard room, police cell or lock-up in which such person is imprisoned shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of any enactment relating to the commission of offences by persons committed to any prison. (2) If a member is removed to a prison in terms of subsection (1), a remand warrant or warrant of conviction or of committal, as the case may be, shall be issued under the hand of an officer and shall be in the form, as near as is material, of those in use in a magistrates court and any such warrant shall be good and valid in law and the officer-incharge of the prison to whom any such warrant is addressed shall act in accordance with the terms of the warrant. 43 Power to arrest members Any member found committing an offence in terms of this Act or is alleged to have committed or is suspected of having committed any such offence may be arrested and taken into custody. 44 Period of illegal absence or imprisonment to count as service The period during which a member is— (a) absent without leave; or (b) imprisoned or detained pending trial at which he is thereafter convicted; or (c) imprisoned after his conviction for any offence; or [Chapter 11:10]