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| (1) Where a public officer who is required in the performance of his official duties to transact business relating to such duties, or to receive or make any communication, issue any copy or extract from any register, record, publication or other document, in any particular relevant language, wilfully fails or neglects to transact such business, receive or make such communication, or issue such copy or extracts in such relevant. language, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) No prosecution under subsection (1) shall be instituted except with the prior sanction of the Attorney-General, |
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