Central Bank Act, 1971

Furnishing of information to Bank.

18.—(1) A holder of a licence and any person who carries on the business of a building society, an industrial and provident society, a credit union, an investment trust company or a unit trust scheme shall furnish to the Bank—

(i) at such times as the Bank may specify from time to time, such information and returns concerning the business to which the licence relates or the business aforesaid, as the case may be, as the Bank may specify from time to time, being information and returns which the Bank considers it necessary to have for the due performance of its statutory functions;

(ii) within such period as the Bank may specify, any information and returns (not being information or returns specified under paragraph (i) of this subsection) concerning the business to which the licence relates or the business aforesaid, as the case may be, that the Bank may request in writing, being information and returns which the Bank considers it necessary to have for the due performance of its statutory functions.

(2) A person shall not furnish information or returns under this section which he knows to be false.

(3) The manager under a unit trust scheme shall for the purpose of this section be deemed to be a person carrying on the business of the scheme.