21. Amendment of section 22 of the principal enactment

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

Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (1)

thereof of the following subsection which shall have effect as subsection (1A) of that section:-

“(1A) No person shall possess, use, or abuse a national identity card belonging to any other living person or any deceased person.”

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (3) and substitution therefor of the following subsection :-

“(3) any person who contravenes the provisions of subsections (1), (1A) and (2) shall be guilty of an

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offence and shall, on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

Read on from s 22