Fickle

The South African FIC corpus, mapped.

Corpus last synced 15 May 2026 at 11:22 SAST.

Automated best effort research support. Fickle uses deterministic rules and AI assistance to resolve relationships and statuses where it can. It can be wrong, incomplete, or superseded. Check the cited source before relying on it.

Statutes section 139

Section 139

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139. (1) A person may not intentionally or negligently interfere with or hinder the conduct of an investigation.

(2) Subject to section 140, a person who is given a notice or directive in terms of this Part must comply with the requirements in the notice or directive, as the case may be.

(3) Subject to section 140, a person who is asked a question in terms of this Part must answer the question fully and truthfully, to the best of the person's knowledge.

(4) A person may not, except with a lawful excuse, refuse or fail to comply with any reasonable request by an investigator in connection with the conduct of an investigation.

(5) A person may not give an investigator any information that is false or misleading, including by omission, and is relevant to an investigation, if the person knew that the information was false or misleading, including by omission.

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