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7. Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment

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

Section 21 of the principal enactment as amended by

Act No. 16 of 1981 is hereby further amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for the words “a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees”, of the words “for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees” ;

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution, for the words “a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees”, of the words “a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees”; and

(3)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution, for the words “a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees”, of the words “a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees”.

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