(a) Any person required to register under this chapter who knowingly fails to so register and keep such registration current shall be fined not less than $3,000 or more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not less than three months or more than two years, or both.
(b) Any person, business, agency, or department that fails to comply with section 1729 of this chapter shall be fined not more than $2,000 for a first conviction; not more than $5,000 for a second conviction for the same offense; and not more than $10,000 for a third conviction for the same offense. In addition, the subject child-care facility shall be closed for not less than seven (7) or more than twenty-one (21) working days after the second conviction, and not less than ninety (90) days after the third conviction.
(c) Any person who discourages, hinders or obstructs in any way the registration of a sex offender in the territory shall be fined not less than $1,000 or more than $2,000, or imprisoned for not more than six months. A person is guilty of hindering or obstructing the registration of a sex offender if he or she:
(1) knowingly comforts, harbors or assists or knowingly attempts to comfort, harbor or assist another person in harboring or attempting to harbor or otherwise aids or abets a sex offender in violation of this chapter;
(2) knowingly assists a sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sex offender to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter; or
(3) provides information to a law enforcement agency regarding a sex offender which the person knows to be false.