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As enacted

2. Amendment of section 5 of Chapter 143

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

The Census Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (4)

of section 5, by the substitution for the words “to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees” of the words “to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees”.