29. Amendment of Section 122 of the principal enactment

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

Section 122 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(a)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the deletion of all the words from “Every person who is guilty of an offence ” to “shall be liable”, and substitution of the following words therefor :—

“Every person who is guilty of an offence by reason of the contravention of, or failure to comply with, section 30 or section 32 (2) or section 45 or section 46 or section 50 or section 98A (2) or any rule, regulation, order, direction or requirement made or given under section 30 or section 79 (2) (c) or section 98A (1) or section 101 or section 102 shall be liable”;

(b)

in subsection (2) of that section —

(i)

in paragraph (a) thereof, by the substitution for the words “two thousand five hundred rupes” of the words “five hundred thousand rupees.” ;

(ii)

in paragraph (b) thereof, by the substitution for the words “ten thousend reupees” of the words “one million rupees, ” ;

(c)

in subsection (2A) of that section by the substitution for the words “three thousand reupees” of the wrods

“five hundred thousand rupees” ;

(d)

in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for the words “five hundred rupees” of the words

“one hundred thousand rupees”.

Read on from s 30