37. Offences
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
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Every person who—
fails to furnish any return or information in compliance with any requirement imposed on him under this Act;
knowingly makes any false statement in any return or information furnished by him;
being a member, officer or servant of the Authority or a officer of the Panel discloses any information obtained by him in or in connection with the exercise of his powers or the discharge of his functions under this Act which has the effect of disclosing any matter relating to the identification of victims of child abuse, to any person for any purpose other than a purpose for which he is authorized to disclose such information by this Act;
child abuse
“child abuse” means any act or omission relatin g toa child, which would amount to a contravention of any of the provisions of— (a) sections 286a, 288, 288, 288n, 3084, 360a, 360B, 360c, 363, 364A, 365, 365A, or 365B of the Penal Code;
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contravenes the provisions of this Act or any regulation made thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
Every person who commits an offence under this Act for which no punishment is expressly provided by any other provision of this Act, shall on conviction after trial before a
Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand
Tupees or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then—
if that body of persons is a body corporate every director or officer of that body corporate;
if that body of Persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence:
Provided, however that a director or an officer of such body corporate or partner of such firm shall not be deemed to be guilty of such offence if he proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he used all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
Every officer of the Panel or an officer or servant.
authorized in writing by the Authority shall be deemed to be a public officer within the meaning of section 136 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, for the purpose of instituting Proceedings in respect of offences under laws relating to children.