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| (1) The chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board or the Commissioner of Labour or any other person authorized in that behalf by such chairman or such Commissioner may direct the holder of a stage carriage permit for a regular omnibus service or for a regular hiring car service or for an occasional omnibus service-
| | (a) to furnish to him such information, returns, statements or statistics; or | | |
| | (b) to produce for his inspection, at such time and place as may be specified in the direction, such books and documents, | | |
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| (1A) Where the holder of a stage carriage permit is a company or other body of persons, any direction under subsection (1) may be given or issued to a director, the manager, the secretary or any other officer, of such company or other body of persons; and such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall comply with that direction. |
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| (2) The chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board or the Commissioner of Labour or any person authorized in that behalf by such chairman or such |
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| (3) Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (1A) or who furnishes information knowing such information to be false or obstructs any person in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts