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Housing
[1989 Ed.
(a) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and (b) that unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention, on payment of any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4), within 14 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle shall become the property of the Authority free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Authority by sale or otherwise.
(2) If a vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice served under subsection (1), the vehicle shall become the property of the Authority free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Authority by sale or otherwise as it thinks fit.
(3) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold pursuant to subsection (2), any person satisfies the Authority that at the time the vehicle became the property of the Authority by virtue of that subsection, he was the registered owner of the vehicle, the Authority shall pay to such person the balance of the proceeds of sale after deducting (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 12)
(a) any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4); and (b) any reasonable charges incurred by the Authority in respect of the sale of the vehicle.
PART V
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
(Added 19 of 1978 s. 4)
26. False statements
(1) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement--
(a) in furnishing the particulars specified in a requisition under section 25(1);
(b) in an examination under section 25(2); or
(c) in respect of an application for a lease,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Any person who makes any statement to the Authority-
(a) in respect of any matter relating to the purchase of land in an estate or of land in respect of which the Authority is authorized to nominate purchasers; or
(b) in providing any information to the Authority in respect of such matter,
which he knows to be false or misleading as to a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Added 33 of 1978 s. 8)
(Amended 15 of 1982 s. 13)