Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act 2021 · As enacted · Part XVI · Miscellaneous Provisions
68. Offences
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Notwithstanding the provisions contained in any other written law, any person who, within the Area of
Authority of the Colombo Port City–
establishes, commences or operates any business which requires a registration, licence, authorisation or such other approval in terms of this Act, without obtaining the same as required hereunder;
engages in business as an authorised person in contravention of any provision in any registration, licence, authorisation or such other approval granted in terms of this Act;
makes any representation or statement in relation to any application being submitted under this Act that such person knows is false or misleading in any material particular;
furnishes false information, documents or particulars when such person is required to furnish any information, documents or particulars in terms of this Act or any other applicable written law; or
contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made in terms of this Act, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, to a fine of not less than rupees one million and not more than rupees five million or to imprisonment for a term not less than three months and not more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment and the court may take into consideration the grave nature of the offence committed, in fixing the amount of such fine or the period of such imprisonment.
Where any person is convicted of an offence in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the court may in its discretion, make an additional order to the effect that the person so convicted shall refrain with immediate effect from engaging in, for a period to be specified, the business which he was engaging in without obtaining the required registration licence, authorisation or such other approval as the case may be, and which business he is now prohibited from engaged in until he has obtained a registration, licence, authorisation or such other approval for the same as required.
Notwithstanding the provisions contained in any other written law, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any regulation made thereunder commits an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction after summary trial before a
Magistrate to a fine of not less than rupees five hundred thousand and not more than rupees one million or to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months and not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
The court may, in addition, impose a continuing fine not exceeding rupees five hundred thousand in respect of each day on which the fine is so continued.