Economic Transformation Act 2024 · As enacted · Part V
155. Failing to provide information &c. to be an offence
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
In the performance and discharge of any of its duties and functions under this Part, the Productivity
Commission or any officer or employee of the Productivity
Commission authorized in that behalf by the Productivity
Commission may, by a notice in writing require any public institution or any person to furnish to the Productivity
Commission or to the officer or employee of the Productivity
Commission, within such period as shall be specified in such notice, such information, data, statistics, or document as shall be specified in such notice.
It shall be the duty of the head of such public institution or such person who is required by notice under subsection (1), to furnish any information, data, statistics or document within the period specified in such notice, to the extent permitted under the Right to Information Act, No. 12
of 2016.
Any person who-
fails or refuses to furnish any information, data, statistics or document when required to do so under this section; or
makes any statement or submits an information, data, statistics or a document knowing it to be false or misleading, commits an offence under this Part and shall, on conviction by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not more than five hundred thousand rupees.