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Railways (Amendment) Act 1983

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF

SRI LANKA ee

RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT)

ACT, No. 49 OF 1983

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Printed on the Orders of Government

Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic

Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of December 16, 1983

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Railways (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1983

An ACT TO AMEND THE RaILWays ORDINANCE

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Demecratic Socialist

Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :—

1, This Act may be cited as the Railways (Amendment)

Act, No. 49 of 1983.

2, The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the Railways Ordinance

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment ”) and shall have effect as section 2a of that enactment :—

‘Change of

2A.

From and after the date of the coming

Ceylon into operation of this section—

Betirament

(1)

in every context in which the

C.G.R., expression “Ceylon

Government

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Railway” or its abbreviated form to Sri Lanka

“C.G.R.” or the expression “ Ceylon apeeys.

Railways” is mentioned in this

Sri Lanka

Ordinance or in any written law or

Railways in any notice, communication, form

Ordinance and in any written law or other document issued, made, required or authorized by or under

&e.

any written law, there shall be sub-stituted the expression “Sri Lanka

Railways” or its abbreviated form

“S.L.R.” or the expression “Sri

Lanka Railways”, as the case may be;

(2)

any article bearing the letters

“S.L.R.” (hereinafter referred to as “the official inscription”) in the

English language only or in the

English language and its equivalent in the Sinhala and Tamil languages or only in its equivalent in the

Sinhala and Tamil languages shall be presumed to be the property of the Sri Lanka Railways ; and

(3)

any article which bears the letters

“C\GR.” which was the official inscription prior to the date of the coming into operation of this section shall for all purposes be presumed to be the property of the

Sri Lanka Railways.”.

A 073195 — 11,950 (83/10)

Short title.

Insertion of new section 2a in

Chapter 200.

s 3Amendment of section 7 in the principal enactment

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, for all the words from “ shall be guilty of an offence” to “such fine and imprisonment.”, of the words “shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment. ”.

s 4Insertion of new sections 31a, 31B, 31c and 31p in the principal enactment

The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 31, and shall have effect as sections 314, 31p, 31c, and 31p, of the principal enactment :—

“ Penalty for unlawfully making official inscriplion on property f fe)

Sri Lanka

Railways.

Penalty for altering, defacing, obliterating

&e. of official inscription with intent to conceal any article belonging to

Sri Lanka

Railways.

31a. Any person who without lawful authority makes the official inscription on any article which is the property of the Sri

Lanka Railways shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be punishable, notwith-standing the provisions of the Code of

Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

31n, Any person who with intent to conceal any article which is the property of the Sri

Lanka Railways, alters, defaces, obliterates or in any other manner causes the official inscription to disappear from such article shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate, be punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Proce-dure Act, No, 15 of 1979, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, or with imprisonment ef either description for a term not exceecing one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Railways (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1985 3

Penalty for receiving, possessing or keeping, selling, or delivering excuse any inscription.

Certificate of General

Manager of

Railways or authorized officer to be evidence of ownership of property.

3lc.

without lawful

Any person who without lawful excuse receives, possesses or keeps, sells or delivers any article bearing the official inscription shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be punishable, notwith-article bearing official standing the provisions of the Code of

For the purposes of this section an article shall be deemed to be in the possession or keeping of any person if he knowingly has it in the actual possession or keeping of any other person or in any building or place whether occupied by him or not and where it is so had for his own use or benefit or for the use or benefit of another.

3ip. In any prosecution where the ques-tion is whether any article which bears the official inscription is the property of the Sri

Lanka Railways or not, a certificate under the hand of the General Manager or any officer specially authorized by him in writing to that behalf shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the article is the property of the Sri Lanka Railways. ”.

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