15.— (1) Any person who—

(a) obstructs or interferes with a member of the Garda Síochána or an officer of Customs and Excise in the course of exercising a power conferred on him or her by this Act or a warrant under section 12(4),

(b) fails or refuses to comply with a request or requirement of the member or officer, as the case may be, pursuant to section 12 or 13 ,

(c) fails or refuses to answer a question asked by the member or officer, as the case may be, pursuant to section 12, or

(d) in purported compliance with such request or requirement under section 12 or 13 or in answer to such question under section 12, gives information to the member or officer, as the case may be, that he or she has reasonable cause for believing is false or misleading in any material respect,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.

(2) A member of the Garda Síochána or an officer of Customs and Excise, as the case may be, may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she with reasonable cause suspects is committing or has committed an offence under this section.