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23. Amendment of section 40 of the principal enactment

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

Section 40 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of all the words from “to a fi ne not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees” to the end of that section and the substitution therefor of the following words: -

“to a fi ne not less than two hundred and fi fty thousand rupees and not exceeding fi ve hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding fi ve years.”.

Read on from s 24