Section 31: Duty to give information
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
31. Duty to give information
(1) The registration officer may require an employer, a house holder, or a
person owning or occupying land or premises within the constituency for
which he has been appointed, or the agent of that person, to give any information in his possession which the registration officer may require for the
purpose of his duties as registration officer.
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(2) Any person who fails to give the required information, or knowingly
gives information which is false in any material particular, shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 rupees.
(3) A notice requiring information under subsection (1) shall be sent by
registered post.