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20. 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 substitution for all the words commencing from “be liable to a fine” till the end of that section, of the words “be liable to a fine not less than two thousand five hundred rupees and not more than three thousand five hundred rupees and on a second conviction to a fine not less than three thousand five hundred rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees and on a third or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not more than twenty five thousand rupees.”.