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2. Amendment of section 24 of Act…

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

Section 24 of the Control of Pesticides Act, No. 33 of 1980 as amended by Act, No. 6 of 1994 is hereby further amended as follows:—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees” of the words “fine not less than fifty thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees”; and

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence” of the words “shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees.”.