19. Replacement of section 215A of the principal enactment

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

Section 215A of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted thereof:-

215A.

(1)

Any person who contravenes the provisions of any section set out in the Second

Schedule to this Act, or fails to comply with any order, direction, demand, requirement or notice lawfully issued under any such section, shall be guilty of an offence.

“Spot fines.

(2)

Where a police officer makes a detection in respect of an offence under subsection (1), and the person involved admits liability for such offence, such person may in lieu of prosecution for such offence, pay the spot fine which shall be prescribed by regulation.

(3)

Where the offence for which liability is admitted is an offence which is subject to demerit points, the relevant demerit points shall be entered for such offence under section 133A.

(4)

The payment of the fine shall be made either -

(i)

to any post office; or

(ii)

to any Government Institution as may be prescribed; or

(iii)

by electronic means as may be prescribed.

(5)

Proof of such payment shall be forwarded either by personal delivery or registered post, or by electronic means as may be prescribed, to the officer-in-charge of the police station named by the police officer making the detection, within a period of two weeks from the date of detection.

(6)

Any person who fails to pay the fine within the period specified under subsection (5), may be permitted, to pay twice the amount of the fine prescribed for such offence within two weeks immediately after the period referred to under subsection (5), before action is instituted in the

Magistrate’s Court.”.

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