(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—
(a) A is a debtor in respect of whom a summary instalment order has been made; and
(b) before all creditors have been paid all amounts to which they are entitled under the order, A,—
(i) alone or jointly with another person, obtains for the time being credit of $1,000 or more; or
(ii) incurs liability for the time being to any person of $1,000 or more for the purpose of obtaining credit for another person; or
(iii) enters into a hire purchase agreement under which A is liable to pay $1,000 or more.
(2) It is a defence if A proves,—
(a) in a case to which subsection (1)(b)(i) applies, that before obtaining the credit of $1,000 A informed the person giving the credit that A was affected by a summary instalment order:
(b) in a case to which subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies, that before A incurred the liability of $1,000 the person giving the credit was informed that A was affected by a summary instalment order.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
(4) No matter what section 14 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 says, an information for an offence under this section may be laid at any time within 2 years after the time when the matter of the information arose.
Compare: 1967 No 54 s 151