Section 8
Parties and witnesses bound to speak the truth
of Registration of Adoptions Act 1952
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Section 8
(1)
Every person who gives evidence before the Registrar shall be bound to state the truth and to answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar may put to him.
(2)
Any person who gives any evidence in any enquiry under this
Act which he knows to be untrue, or who does any other act, which if done in a judicial proceeding would be punishable under Chapter XI of the Penal Code [Act 574], shall be punishable on conviction as provided in that Chapter in the same way as if the act had been done in or in relation to a judicial proceeding.
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