Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
25. Amendment of section 72 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 72 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
by the substitution, in subsection (1) of that section, for all the words from “of a young person” to the words “Penal Code,”, of the words “of a child, causes or encourages the commission in respect of such child of any offence under section 345, 360A, 363, 364,
364A, 365 or 365B of the Penal Code or any offence under the Obscene Publications Ordinance (Chapter 30),”;
by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, for the words “in respect of a child or young person being a female, a person shall, if he has knowingly allowed her to consort with,” of the words “in respect of a child, a person shall, if he has knowingly allowed such child to consort with,”; and
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by the substitution, in the marginal note to that section, for the words “of girl under sixteen.”, of the words “of a child.”.