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16. Amendment of section 23k of the principal enactment

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

Section 23k of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (3) thereof, as follows:-

(1)

by the substitution for the words “on conviction shall be-” of the words “on conviction before the Magistrate having jurisdiction shall be-”;

(2)

in paragraph (a) thereof, by the substitution for the words “not less than rupees ten thousand and not exceeding rupees one hundred thousand” of the words

“not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than one million rupees”, and by the substitution for the words “rupees five hundred” of the words “five thousand rupees”.

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