Section 5sets out the penalties for persons guilty of an offence under the Bill. It provides for penalties which vary from a class A fine and up to 12 months in prison to a sentence of up to ten years in prison, depending on the seriousness of the offence against a child or vulnerable adult in regard to whom information has been withheld. The ten year penalty would apply in the most serious cases such as the withholding of information concerning the murder of a child.