Any person who—
(a) assaults, hinders or obstructs any person acting or aiding another in acting under any excise law;
(b) assaults, hinders or obstructs any person who has discovered or given or is about to discover or give information or evidence against, or has seized or is bringing to justice, any offender against any excise law;
(c) assaults, hinders or obstructs any person seizing or examining or about to seize or examine anything as forfeited under any excise law;
(d) being armed with any offensive weapon or in a violent manner rescues any offender arrested or goods seized under any excise law or prevents the arrest of any such offender or seizure of any such goods; or
(e) forcibly opposes or offers or threatens to oppose the execution of any of the powers given by any excise law,
shall incur a penalty not exceeding $1,000, and may be arrested by any person and conveyed before a magistrate to be dealt with. (Amended by Act 2 of 1992)