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(1) The persons specified in subsection (2) shall afford to the Minister the information at their disposal regarding the land and its revenues and the reasonable facilities for inspecting and taking copies of records and other documents relating to the land or revenues.

(2) The persons are for the purposes of subsection (1)

(a) a public officer;

(b) the officers of local authorities which formerly collected revenue of a land to which any provision of this Act applies;

(c) the present and past members of a traditional council and the present or past officers of a traditional council;

(d) the persons who are or have been concerned with or responsible for the administration of the land; and

(e) the persons who hold or have held the land.

(3) A person who fails or refuses to give information to the Minister in accordance with subsection (1), or gives information which that person knows to be false, commits a misdemeanour.