Coast Conservation (Amendment) Act 2011 · As enacted
31. Amendment of section 31F of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 31F of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) thereof ;
in the renumbered subsection (1) by the substitution for the words “credited to the Police Reward Fund established under the Police Ordinance, fifty per centum” of the words “established a Fund called the “Coastal Protection Reward Fund” (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”) to which shall be credited all fines recovered under this Act and all sums of money realized by the disposal of articles forfeited under the provisions of this Act.” ; and
by the addition immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of the following new subsections :—
“(2) The Director-General shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and for the maintenance of the accounts of the Fund. The
Auditor-General shall annually audit the accounts of the Fund.
The Director-General may, with the concurrence of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister to whom the subject of Coast
Conservation and Coastal Resource Management is assigned, and of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister to whom of the subject of Finance is assigned, pay a reward to any person eligible to receive the same. The Minister shall from time to time issue guidelines designed to assist in the determination of the qualifications for eligibility and other criteria governing the payment of any such reward.”.