32. Amendment of section 24C of the principal enactment

Section 24C of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (2)

of that section of the following subsection:-

“(3) Any person who carries on any activity in contravention of the orders made under section 24C and 24D, within any area which is declared by the

Minister as an environment protection area under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate having jurisdiction be liable to a fine not less than one million rupees and not exceeding ten million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.