12. Amendment of section 49 of the principal enactment

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

Section 49 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:—

“(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of sections 14E, 15,

16, 17 or 22 or any Order made under section 30

of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees.

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(2)

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of sections 6, 28, 34

or 35 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees.”.

(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2), of the following new subsections:—

“(2A) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of sections 14A or 14F shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not less than one million and five hundred thousand rupees.

(2B)

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of section 29 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees. ”.

(3)

in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for the words “to a fine not less than one thousand rupees”, of the words “to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees”;

(4)

by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(5) Any person who contravenes a regulation made under this Act other than a regulation made under section 61(t) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, on

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conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees:

Provided that in the case of a conviction for an offence involving the contravention of a regulation prohibiting—

(a)

purse seine net fishing;

(b)

the purchase, sale, transport or possession of a spiny lobster carrying external eggs or of a slipper lobster with external eggs; or

(c)

the removal of the eggs of a spiny lobster or of a slipper lobster, the fine shall be a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”.

(5)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (5), of the following new subsection:—

“(6) Any person who contravenes any regulation made under section 61(t) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one million rupees. ”.

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