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3. Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the re-numbering of that section as subsection (1) thereof ; and

(2)

by the addition immediately after the re-numbered subsection (1) of the following new subsection :—

“(2) Any person who slaughters a pregnant cow or a lactating cow in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) of section 18, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of rupees fifty thousand and to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding three years.”.

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