National Environmental (Amendment) Act 2026 · As enacted
19. Insertion of section 23ra in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is inserted immediately after section 23R of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 23RA of that enactment:-
23RA. (1) No person shall cause the emission of excessive ground or air vibration except under the standards or limitations as may be prescribed with regard to the volume, intensity or quality of such vibration.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence
“Pollution caused by vibration and shall on conviction after a summary trial before a Magistrate having jurisdiction be-
liable to a fine not less than hundred thousand rupees and not more than one million rupees and thereafter in the event of the commission of the offence being continued, to a fine of five thousand rupees for each day on which the offence is so continued after conviction; and
required to take such corrective measures as may be ordered by the Court, within such period of time to prevent further damage being caused by vibration to the environment and to restore the damages caused to the environment and thereafter to furnish at the end of such period, sufficient and acceptable proof of the completion of the activity of such corrective measures.”.