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Part III

121. Resisting or obstructing duties of Director-General or other officer

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Any person who –

(a)

refuses the Director-General or any officer appointed to assist the Commission to enter, search, or have access to any place;

(b)

assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays Director-General or any officer appointed to assist the Commission in effecting any entrance which the Director-General or such officer is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred on such officer by this Act;

(c)

fails to comply with any lawful demand of the

Director-General or any officer appointed to assist the Commission in the execution of such person’s duty under this Act;

(d)

refuses or neglects to give any information which may reasonably be required of such person and which such person has in such person’s power to give; or

(e)

resists or obstructs an officer in the execution of such officer’s duty under the provisions of this

Act, commits an offence and on conviction after summary trail before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Read on from s 122

Part IV

General

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Part V

Transitional Provisions and Savings

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