Section 16Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register

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16. Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register Any person secreting, destroying, or dishonestly or fraudulently altering the said register in any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description as defined in the Penal Code for a term which may extend to two years, or if he be [the Registrar], for a term which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to five hundred Taka.

1. 6. The words "the Registrar" were substituted, for the letter and word "a Registrar" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)