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2. Amendment of section 17 of Act…

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

Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,

No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(7) When the compensation ordered is by a

Magistrate’s Court, such compensation shall not exceed one hundred thousand rupees to each aggrieved party, notwithstanding that such amount is in excess of the amount a Magistrate may normally impose as fine.”.

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