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| (1) The chairman of the Council or any officer of the Planning Secretariat authorized for the purpose by the chairman may-
| | (a) require any person to furnish to him such information as he may consider it necessary to obtain for the purposes of the proper discharge of the functions of the Council, or | | |
| | (b) require any person to produce for inspection any books or records in his possession containing or likely to contain any such information. | | |
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| (2) Any person who without reasonable cause fails or refuses to comply with any requirement made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one month, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. |
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| (3) Where any information which is prohibited by any written law from being disclosed is disclosed in compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1), such disclosure shall not be deemed to be a contravention of such written law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts