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Part VII · General Provisions

64. Recovery of Penalty

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

(1)

Upon the lapse of one month of the decision made under subsection (4), (6) or (10) of section 63, where the person on whom such decision is made makes default in the payment of a penalty, the Director-General shall issue a certificate in a form determined by the Director-General together with a certified copy of the notice and decision served on such person to the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the division in which the violation occurred.

(2)

The Magistrate shall, thereupon, summon such person who makes default in the payment of penalty under subsection (1) before him to show cause why further proceedings for the recovery of the sum due under this Act should not be taken against him, and in default of sufficient cause being shown, such sum shall be deemed to be a fine imposed by a sentence of the Magistrate on such person for an offence punishable with imprisonment and the provisions of section 291 (except paragraphs (a), (d) and (i) of subsection (1) thereof) of the

Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No.15 of 1979 relating to the default of payment of a fine imposed for such an offence shall thereupon apply and the Magistrate may make any direction which, by the provisions of that subsection, he could have made at the time of imposing such sentence.