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52. Amendment of section 194 of the principal enactment

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

Section 194 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (5) of that section by the repeal of all the words from “to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees” to the end of that subsection and the substitution of the words “to a fine not less than three thousand rupees and not exceeding five thousand rupees and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees.”.