24. Any person who wilfully delays one of such officers in the exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 23, or who fails to comply with an order or summons received, or who conceals or attempts to conceal any member of the personnel to prevent any one of them from appearing and being examined, shall be deemed to obstruct the officer in the performance of his duty, and be liable to the fine or imprisonment enacted by section 30.
R. S. 1964, c. 150, s. 26; 1975, c. 49, s. 13.