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Part VI · Supplementary

37. General penalty

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provisions of this Act or any regulation made thereunder, or any order or direction lawfully given under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, or any condition or provision contained in any licence, authorization, permit, or authority granted under this Act or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

(2)

Every person who attempts to commit or abets the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder shall himself be guilty of the same offence.

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(3)

Where an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder is committed by a body of persons then—

(a)

if the body of persons is a body corporate, every person who at the time of commission of the offence was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of that body; or

(b)

if that body of persons is not a body corporate every person who at the time of commission of the offence was a member of that body, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, unless the act constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or consent.

(4)

Every person guilty of an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder shall , for each such offence, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Read on from s 38

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