14. Any person who -
| (a) knowingly, make a false statement in an application made by him under this Act, or furnishes false information under this Act; or |
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| (b) being aware that a person whose death has been
registered in pursuance of an application made under
this Act, is alive, fails to furnish such information to
the Registrar-General; or
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| (c) dishonestly or fraudulently uses a Certificate of
Death issued under the Births and Deaths
Registration Act (Chapter 110) knowing, or having
reason to believe that the person referred to in such
certificate is alive,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall upon conviction after trial by the High Court be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than three years and not exceeding five years.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts