Cap. 573 Art. 7Competent authority’s power to request information.

(1) Any person, if requested by the competent authority so to do, shall furnish to the competent authority such information in his possession relating to any land, being information which may reasonably be demanded of him in connection with or which the competent authority deems necessary for the taking possession of any land.

(2) Any information required under the last preceding sub-article is to be given in a statement in writing to be signed by the person giving the information. In the case of an illiterate or a person otherwise incapacitated from writing, the competent authority 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.