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| (1) The employer of any child and the parent or guardian of that child shall, if required by an authorized officer, furnish to the authorized officer such information regarding that child's employment as the authorized officer may require. |
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| (2) Any employer, parent or guardian who fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section or wilfully gives false information to an authorized officer regarding the employment of any child, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts