RULE 198. Penalty for obstruction or giving false or misleading information

If any person, by himself or by any person in his employ-

(1) voluntarily obstructs, or offers any resistance to, or impedes, or other wise interferes with; or

(2) refuses or fails to give or wilfully gives false or misleading information to the officer duly appointed under rule 197, who is acting in accordance with his duty there under,

such person shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees.