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| | (a) fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of any notice sent to him under section 26 ; | | |
| | (b) knowingly makes any false or incorrect statement in any return or information furnished by him, in compliance with the requirements of a notice sent to him under section 26 ; | | |
| | (c) knowingly makes any false or incorrect statement in any information furnished by him at any hearing conducted by the Council or by a person authorized by the Council; or | | |
| | (d) being a member or officer or servant of the Council, discloses any information obtained by him or coming to his knowledge in, or in connection with, the exercise of his powers or discharge of his functions under this Act, to any person for any purpose other than for a purpose for which he is authorized to disclose such information by this Act, | | |
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| (2) Every person guilty of an offence under this Act, shall on conviction after trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees. |
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| (3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then, -
| | (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director or officer of that body corporate, or | | |
| | (b) if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts