9. Amendment of section 216B of the principal enactment

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

Section 216B of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

“(a) by the repeal, in paragraph (a) thereof, of all the words from “to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years” to the end of that paragraph and the subsititution of the words “to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and imprisonment and to the cancellation of the diving licence”; and

(b)

by the repeal of paragraph (b) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following paragraphs:—

“(b)

where he causes—

(i)

hurt to any person, to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and to the cancellation of his driving licence; or

(ii)

grievous injury to any person, to a fine not less than fifty thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment and to the cancellation of his driving licence.”.

Read on from s 10