Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
21. Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section.
in the renumbered subsection (1)—
by the substitution in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words “pursues any elephant; or” of the words “pursues any elephant or uses any electric wire to kill, injure or take any elephant or uses any device of any description to harm any elephant; or”;
by the substitution in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words “shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two hundred and
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fifty thousand rupees” of the words “shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred and fifty thousand rupees and not more than five hundred thousand rupees.”;
by the addition immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of the following new subsection:—
“(2) any offence committed under the Act involving an elephant shall be a non-bailable offence and the provisions of the Bail Act, No. 30
of 1997 and the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,
No. 15 of 1979 shall apply in respect of such offence.”.