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| (1) The Board may at any time request in writing any grower, collector, dealer, manufacturer, processor, canner, wholesaler or retailer of fruit or any fruit product to furnish within a specified period of time all or any of the following information: -
| | (a) any information relating to the varieties of fruit that are being cultivated, the extent of land used for such cultivation and the methods of cultivation, harvesting or grading of such fruit; | | |
| | (b) any information relating to the transportation of fruit or to the rates or charges levied or leviable for such transportation; | | |
| | (c) any information relating to the machinery used in any plant or factory where any fruit or fruit product is being manufactured, processed or canned or any information relating to the operational costs, finances, sales or the employment of labour in such plant or factory; and | | |
| | (d) any information relating to the purchase, sale, marketing, storage, import or export of any fruit product or the use of any raw material employed in the manufacture of such fruit product. | | |
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| (2) Any information furnished under this section shall be given in writing and shall be accompanied by a declaration that such information is true and accurate to the best of the knowledge and belief of the declarant. |
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| (3) Any person who fails, without reasonable cause to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) knowing such information to be false, shall be guilty of an offence under this Law. |
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| (4) All information obtained by the Board under subsection (2) shall be treated as confidential by the members of the Board and by every officer and servant thereof, except where the disclosure or publication of any such information is made with the consent in writing of the person from whom such information was obtained: |
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| (5) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence under this Law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts