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Part VI · Offences

53. Unlawful employment of person below twenty-one years of age in gambling

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

A person who employs a person who is below twenty-one years of age to carry on a gambling operation in or from

Sri Lanka in accordance with arrangements made by that person commits an offence and shall, on conviction by a

Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Part VII

General Provisions