18. T ​ he punishment for providing false information Any person who, either in securing approval or in making application according to this law or according to bye-laws made according to this law, provides information which is false and which that person knows or believes to be false, or if that person has no belief that the information is true, then the person will either be sentenced to a term of imprisonment no longer than three years or required to pay a fine of no more than two thousand ​kyat, o​ r both. 19. T ​ he punishment for continuing to operate a business after a registration certificate has been withdrawn Any person who continues, after the registration certificate issued to him has been withdrawn or after its period of validity has elapsed, to operate either a printing business or a publishing business, shall either be sentenced to a term of imprisonment no longer than three years. or required to pay a fine of no more than two thousand ​kyat, ​or both. 20. The punishment for not complying with byelaws or intructions Any person who fails to comply with or who contravenes a byelaw enacted under this law or an instruction issued by a person authorised under this law shall either be sentenced to a term of imprisonment no longer than three years or required to pay a fine of no more than two thousand kyat, or both. Note: The State Law and Order Restoration Council's law making amendments to the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Act, c​ oncerning Articles 16, 17. 18, 19 and 20, is set out on Page 23. Part 9 General 21. Appeals to the Minister of Internal Affairs against instructions issued by the Central Registration Board If not satisfied with any instruction issued by the Central Registration Board in accordance with this law or any bye-law enacted from it a printer or publisher may, in the designated way and within the designated period, appeal to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Any decision taken by the ministry shall be final. 22. The authority to grant exemptions (​1​) The Revolutionary Government of the Union of Myanmar may, by public order, grant an exemption from all the provisions set out in this law or from a matter relating to one of them to any printer or publisher or any published