21. Amendment of section 23w of the principal enactment

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

Section 23W of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“(a) prohibit the production or the use of any product or material for any process, activity, trade, storage or industry, or specify any material to be used in any such production, process, activity, trade, storage or industry;”;

(2)

in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for the words “shall be guilty of an offence.” of the words

“shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after a summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than one million rupees and in the event of the commission of the offence is continued, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees for each day on which the offence is so continued or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years of either description or to both such fine and imprisonment.” ;

(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (3) of that section of the following new subsection :-

“(4) Where any person convicted under subsection (3) continues to contravene any prohibition or fails to comply with any requirement in the Order made by the Minister, the Court shall, upon an application for closure being made by the Director-General or any officer authorized in that behalf by the Director-General, order the closure of the premises within which such process, activity, trade, storage or industry is being carried out.”.

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