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69. Insertion of new sections 239D and 239E in the principal enactment

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

The following new sections are inserted immediately after section 239C and shall have effect as sections 239D and 239E thereof :—

239D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Code of Criminal Procedure

Act, No 15 of 1979, every offence under this

Act shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning and for the purposes of the Code of

Criminal Procedure Act.

239E. All offences under this Act shall be triable by a Magistrate’s Court.”.

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