Cap. 125 Art. 4Director’spowerto require information.

(1) Any person, if requested by or on behalf of the Director so to do, shall furnish to the Director, or to such other person as may be specified in the request, such information in his possession relating to any building, being information which may reasonably be demanded of him in connection with, or which the Director deems necessary for, the taking of possession of any building or with the accommodation of persons therein, as may be specified.

(2) The Director or any other person deputed in writing by the Director for the purpose may require any information required under the last preceding sub-article to be given in writing and the statement to be signed by the person giving the information. In the case of an illiterate person, the Director or, as the case may be, any other person aforesaid may require the statement by the person giving the information to be marked by that person in the presence of two witnesses who shall sign the statement.

(3) Whosoever knowingly gives any information under the foregoing provisions of this article which is false or incorrect in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94) but not exceeding one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69) or to imprisonment for a period of not less than fifteen days and not exceeding three months, or to respect of repairs and maintenance of a requisitioned building as a tenant under the relevant provisions of the Civil Code.

(2) When a building which has been in the possession of the

Director under the provisions of this Act is vacated, the Director

(unless the requisitionee prefers to retain same paying compensation as laid down in article 1564 of the Civil Code), may remove all fixtures or other improvements of whatsoever nature made therein during the requisition period, making compensation to the requisitionee for the damage which may have been caused by the placing or by the removal of those fixtures or other improvements.