Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Act 2014 · As enacted · Part II
66. Unlawful handling of radioactive material or nuclear material or a device containing radioactive material or nulear material to be an offence
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Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Whoever who:-
commits, aids and abets or attempts to commit a theft or robbery of any nuclear material or other radioactive material or a device containing nuclear material or other radioactive material;or
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misappropriates, aids and abets or attempts to misappropriate any nuclear material or other radioactive material or a device containing nuclear material or other radioactive material; or
does, aids and abets or attempts to do any act which constitutes the carrying, sending or moving of nuclear material or other radioactive material into or out of Sri Lanka without lawful authority, shall commit an offence and be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding three million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Whoever receives, possesses, transfers, transports, alters, uses or disposes of nuclear material or other radioactive material or possesses a device containing any such material, as the case may be with the intent of causing death or serious bodily injury to any person or causing substantial damage to property or to the environment, shall commit an offence and be liable on conviction by the High Court, to a fine not exceeding ten million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Whoever without lawful authority receives, possesses, transfers, transports, alters, uses or disposes of nuclear material or other radioactive material or possesses a device containing any such material, as the case may be which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or causes or likely to cause substantial damage to property or the environment, shall commit an offence and on conviction by the High Court be liable to a fine not exceeding ten million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Whoever commits or attempts to commit an offence referred to in subsections (1), (2) or (3) or does so in order to compel any person, an international organization or a State, either to do or to refrain from doing any act which could result in posing a threat to the defence or national security of the country or cause any detriment to public health or environment, shall commit an offence and shall on conviction by the High Court, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten million rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years, depending on the gravity of the nature of the offence committed.
Whoever demands any radioactive material or nuclear material or a device containing radioactive material or nuclear material, by threat or by use of force or by any other form of intimidation, shall commit an offence and on conviction by the High Court be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees or to imprisonment of a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.