5. Any person -
| (a) who does not possess any other identity document and who makes a request for an identity document on the basis of information which is false : and |
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| (b) who certifies or authenticates a photograph on a request made by a person who does not possess an identity document, which certification or authentication is false. |
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shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial be liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not less than one month and not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts