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| (1) For the purpose of enabling the Council to exercise, perform and discharge any of its powers, functions and duties under section 13 of this Act, the Council or any, person authorized in that behalf by the Council may by notice in writing require any person to furnish to the Council or to the person authorized, within such period as shall be specified in the notice, all such returns or information as shall be specified in such notice. |
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| (2) It shall be the duty of any person who is required to furnish any return or information by a notice under subsection (1) to comply with such requirement within the time specified in such notice, except where such person is precluded from making such return' or divulging such information under the provisions of any law. |
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| (3) The Council or any member thereof, or any officer or servant of the Council, shall not disclose to any person or use any returns or information acquired under subsection (1), except when required to do so by a court of law or for the purposes of achieving, the objects of the Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts