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12. Amendment of section 224 of the principal enactment

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

Section 224 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of all the words from “to a fine not less than two thousand five hundred rupees” to the end of that section and the substitution of the words “to a fine not less than two thousand five hundred rupees and not exceeding seven thousand five hundred rupees, and on a second conviction to a fine not less than seven thousand five hundred rupees and not exceeding fifteen thousand rupees, and on a third or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than fifteen thousand rupees and not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees.”.