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Part II · Establishment of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapon’S Convention

16. Power of Authority to call for information, etc.

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

(1)

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Authority may, by general or special order, call upon any importer, exporter, supplier,

Government or private institution or organization or person, to furnish periodically or as and when required, any information, declaration or return concerning chemicals or

Chemical Weapons Convention precursors listed in Schedules I, II and III to this Act and any unscheduled discrete organic chemical, chemical weapon, chemical weapons production facility and riot control agent with such other particulars as may be prescribed by the Authority.

(2)

No person, institution or organization shall, when complying with any requirement made under subsection (1), give any information or furnish any declaration, return or statement which such person, institution or organisation knows, or has reasonable cause to believe to be false or incorrect in any material particular.

Read on from s 17

Part IV

Read on from Part IV

Part VI

Supplementary

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Schedules