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19. Insertion of new sections 69A and 69B in the principal enactment

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The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 69 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 69A and 69B of that enactment:—

69A. Where any person who commits an offence under sections 37A, 62, 63 or 64 or against whom reasonable suspicion exists that he is guilty of the commission of any such offence, such person may be arrested without any warrant within any place either upon land or water by a police officer, or by an employee of the Bureau authorized by the Bureau in that behalf, and every person so arrested shall forthwith:—

(i)

be produced before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law; or

(ii)

where it is impracticable so to do, be handed over to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station to be dealt with according to law.

69B. (1) Where any person is convicted and a penalty is imposed for an offence under any provision of this Act, seventy five per centum of any fine so imposed and recovered shall be remitted to the Workers’ Welfare Fund of the

Bureau established under section 45 of the Act.

“Aiding and abetting an offence.

“Powers of arrest.

Certain portion of fines to be remitted to the Workers’

Welfare Fund of the

Bureau.

Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment

(2)

The Magistrate hearing the summary trial in respect of any offence under any provision of this Act, shall, in addition to the sentence, make Order that seventy five per centum of the fine so imposed and recovered be remitted to the Workers’ Welfare Fund of the Bureau.”.

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