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2. Amendment of section 43 of Chapter 131

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

Section 43 of the Industrial Disputes Act (Chapter

131) is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (5), every person who commits any offence under this Act, other than an offence under paragrph (ss) of subsection (1) of section 40, shall be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding twelve months or both such fine and imprisonment.”;

(2)

in subsection (1A) of that section, by the substitution for the words “fine not exceeding rupees twenty thousand.” of the words “fine not exceeding rupees one hundred thousand.”;

(3)

in paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “a fine of rupees fifty for each day” of the words “a fine of rupees five hundred for each day”; and

(4)

in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words “a fine of rupees fifty for each day” of the words “a fine of rupees five hundred for each day”.

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