19Particulars of prescribed lands

19 Particulars of prescribed lands

(1)  The committee may by notice in writing served on a person who appears to it to have an estate or interest in any of the prescribed lands or appears to it to have resided or be residing on that land to furnish the committee, within such period as may be specified in the notice, with such particulars as it may require with respect to –

(a) the estates or interests subsisting in that land and the date at which and manner in which they were acquired or created;

(b) the persons who were or are residing on the land and the spouses of any such persons; and

(c) the provision that has been made for the accommodation of any person who is or was residing on the land or the spouse of any such person.

(2)  The committee may require a person on whom a notice has been served under this section to verify by a statutory declaration any particulars furnished by him to the committee, and any person who fails to comply with a requirement of the committee under this subsection is guilty of an offence.

(3)  Any person on whom a notice has been served under this section who fails within the period specified in the notice to furnish the committee with such particulars as the committee requires is, unless those particulars are not within his knowledge, guilty of an offence.

(4)  Any person on whom a notice has been served under this section who furnishes the committee with any particulars he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is guilty of an offence.

(5)  *[Section 19 Subsection (5) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*Any person found guilty of an offence under this section is liable to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.