s 34 Notification of tissue bank
34.—(1) A research institution must notify the Director‑General of any tissue bank which the research institution is directly or indirectly operating or which is part of the research institution.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) A tissue bank must notify the Director‑General of its particulars unless a research institution has made a notification of that tissue bank in accordance with subsection (1).[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) A notification for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) must be submitted to the Director‑General in such form and manner, with such particulars and within such time as may be prescribed, and must be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (5) Any person who, in submitting a notification for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) —(a) makes any statement or furnishes any document which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or (b) by the intentional suppression of any material fact, furnishes information which is misleading, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.