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| (1) A Monitoring Officer shall have the power in the performance of his duties under subsection (1) of section 18, to enter and inspect at any time the premises in which the child or young person, as the case may be, is for the time being resident and to question any person or persons as he may consider necessary. |
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| (2) Any person obstructing a Monitoring Officer in the
performance of his duties, shall be guilty of an offence under
this Part of this Act, and shall on conviction after summary
trial before a Magistrate, be liable So imprisonment of either
description for a term not exceeding two years.
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| (3) Where the person found guilty of obstructing a
Monitoring Officer under subsection (2) is the Foster Parent
of the child or young person, in addition to the penalty
imposed by that subsection, the Magistrate's Court shall have
the power to revoke the Foster Care Order issued in respect of
such Foster Parent.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts