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Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
False statements.
45. Any person who-
[1986 Ed.
Jurisdiction of Court.
(Cap. 336.)
(Cap. 338.)
Regulations.
(a) with intent to deceive, produces, supplies or sends for the purposes of this Ordinance or otherwise makes use for those purposes of any document or record which is false in a material particular; or
(b) in providing any information for the purposes of this Ordinance, makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 or 3 times the amount of any levy that was or was intended to be evaded by his conduct, whichever is the greater.
46. (1) Where the Board does not pay compensation or any other payment which it is required by this Ordinance to pay, such compensation or other payment shall be recoverable as a debt due from the Board.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an action under subsection (1) may be brought in the Court notwithstanding that the amount due exceeds the civil jurisdiction of the Court as may from time to time be determined under the District Court Ordinance.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where any amount to be recovered from the Board is within the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Tribunal established under the Small Claims Tribunal Ordinance, an action for the recovery of the amount shall be brought in that Tribunal.
(4) The Chief Justice may make rules regulating proceedings before and appeals to the Court under this Ordinance and for the fees payable in respect of such proceedings and appeals.
47. The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for-
(a) the definition and computation of earnings;
(b) the method of assessing the levy payable under section 35,
including-
(i) the valuation of construction works and quarry products;
(ii) the notification of construction works and quarry operations;
(iii) the notification of payments made in respect of construction works and quarry products;
(iv) the imposition and amount of surcharges where there has been a failure to make a notification;
(v) objections to assessments of levies and the imposition of surcharges and appeals;
(vi) information to be supplied by employers, contractors, authorized persons or quarry operators;
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