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Withholding information.
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19.— (1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she has information which he or she knows or believes might be of material assistance in—
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(a) preventing the commission by any other person of a relevant offence, or
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(b) securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of any other person for a relevant offence,
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and fails without reasonable excuse to disclose that information as soon as it is practicable to do so to a member of the Garda Síochána.
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.
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