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| (1) A person-
| | (a) who fails without reasonable cause to make any declaration of assets and liabilities which he is required to make under section 3 ; or | | |
| | (b) who makes any false statement in any such declaration ; or | | |
| | (c) who fails without reasonable cause to give such additional information as the Bribery Commissioner may require under this Law; or | | |
| | (d) who otherwise contravenes any provisions of this Law, | | |
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| (2) A person who is convicted of an offence under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall within a period of fourteen days after the date of conviction, or in the event of an appeal against such conviction, within a period of fourteen days after the date of affirmation of such conviction, make the declaration of assets and liabilities referred to in section 3. The provisions of section 3 and the provisions of the, other preceding sections of this Law shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any declaration of assets and liabilities made by such person under this sub-section in like manner and to the same extent as they apply to any declaration of assets and liabilities made under section 3. |
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| (3) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine of fifty rupees for each day of continuation of that offence, |
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| (4) Where any person has been convicted by a court of any offence under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1), it shall be the duty of the court to bring the fact of such conviction to the notice of the person to whom such convicted person was bound to make the declaration of assets and liabilities under this Law. |
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| (5) No prosecution for any offence under this Law shall be instituted except with the prior sanction of the Attorney-General. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts