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Societies
[1988 Ed.
(b) it has recorded that the applicant has disclosed an offence under
section 19, 20, 21, 22 or 23.
(Added, 58 of 1988, s. 3)
Proceedings and records to be confidential
26L. (1) A member of the Tribunal or any person employed to assist the Tribunal shall not disclose any information concerning any person which is given to the Tribunal or otherwise comes to knowledge in employment or in carrying out duties under this Ordinance.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the disclosure of information required to be disclosed under this Ordinance or for instituting and prosecuting criminal proceedings under section 26M.
Offences relating to renunciation applications
26M. (1) Any person who-
(Added, 58 of 1988, s. 3)
(a) in an application made under section 26D(1); or
(b) in an examination by the Tribunal,
makes a statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, or recklessly makes a false statement is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Any person who, in proceedings before the Tribunal, impersonates another person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) If a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2)——
(a) any renunciation is void; and
(b) any proceedings stayed by the issue of a certificate by the Tribunal
may continue.
(4) If no further step is taken in proceedings stayed by a certificate issued by the Tribunal for a period of 5 years, these proceedings shall cease with neither a conviction nor acquittal being recorded.
Presumptions
27. In any proceedings under this Ordinance-
(Added, 58 of 1988, s. 3)
(a) where it is proved that a club, company, partnership, or association is in existence, it shall be presumed that such club, company, partnership or association is a society within the meaning of this Ordinance unless that contrary is proved;
(b) it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove that a society possesses a name, or that it has been constituted or is usually known under a particular name;