Currency and Exchanges Act, 1933 (Act No. 9 of 1933)RegulationsExchange Control Regulations, 196119. Furnishing of information |
(1) | The Treasury, or any person authorised by the Treasury, may order any person to furnish any information at such person's disposal which the Treasury or such authorised person deems necessary for the purposes of these regulations and any person generally or specifically appointed by the Treasury for the purpose may enter the residential or business premises of a person so ordered and may inspect any books or documents belonging to, or under the control of such person. |
(2) | If any person makes any statement in any information furnished in compliance with such an order which is in conflict with any other statement previously made by him in giving information required in connection with the subject matter of such order, he shall be deemed to have made an incorrect statement in terms of Regulation 22 and may, on an indictment, summons or charge alleging that he made the two conflicting statements, be convicted of making an incorrect statement in contravention of the said Regulation 22 upon proof of the two statements in question and without proof as to which of the said statements was incorrect, unless he proves that when he made each statement he believed it to be true. |