Registration of Electors (Special Provisions) Act 2017 · As enacted
5. Offences
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
No person whose name appears in the
Supplementary Register shall be entitled to have his name entered in any other register of electors notwithstanding that he may be qualified to have his name entered in two or more registers.
No person shall be entitled to have his name entered more than once in the same register, notwithstanding that he may be qualified to have his name so entered.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, if a person whose name appears in the Supplementary Register has his name appearing in any other register of electors and uses his vote in two or more electoral districts, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding Rupees One Hundred Thousand or to both such imprisonment and fine.
Any person referred to in section 2, who furnishes false information or forged documents for any purpose referred to in this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding
Rupees fifty thousand or to both such imprisonment and fine.