Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act 2006 · As enacted
8. Insertion of new section 58A in the principal enactment
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 58 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 58A of that enactment :—
58A. (1) A Licensing Officer in the performance of his duties under this Act, shall be required to declare his office and produce such identification as may reasonably be sufficient to prove that he has been appointed as a Licensing Officer for the purposes of this
Act.
The refusal by any person to comply with a request, demand or order made by a
Licensing Officer shall not be an offence under this Act, if such Officer fails to declare his office or produce such identification as may reasonably be sufficient to prove that he has been appointed as a Licensing Officers under this Act.”.