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[No. 40 of 2016
(h) aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an
offence or is in any way directly or indirectly a party to
the commission of an offence; or
(i) otherwise breaches any other provision of this Act;
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not
exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years, or to both.
124. A person who contravenes any provision of this Act,
where no specific penalty has been provided is liable upon conviction,
to a fine not exceeding four hundred thousand penalty units or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years, or to both.
PART XVII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
125. Subject to this Act, where any discretionary or other
power is given to the Registrar, the Registrar shall not exercise
that power adversely or arbitrarily and a person challenging a
decision of the Registrar has the right to apply to the High Court.
126. (1) The Registrar shall sit with such number of
assessors, in all proceedings brought before the Registrar.
(2) The Registrar shall appoint the assessors, referred to in
subsection (1), as and when required and such assessors shall be
remunerated by the agency as the Minister may prescribe.
127. (1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar
and certifying that an entry, which the Registrar is authorised in
accordance with this Act to make, has or has not been made or
that any other thing which the Registrar is so authorised to do, has
or has not been done, shall be prima-facie evidence of the matters
so certified.
(2) A copy of any entry in the Register or any other register
maintained in accordance with this Act or any document or an
extract from the Register or any such register or document certified
by the Registrar shall be admitted in evidence without further proof
and without production of the original.
128. Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall, on the request of
any person and on payment of the prescribed fee, furnish copies of
any document which is open to public inspection and which is lodged
in the Register or any other register, which is maintained in
accordance with this Act, or furnishes a certificate in respect of
the document.
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discretionary
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sit
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assessors
in
determining
matter
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certain
entries and
documents
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