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Part III · Modification and Enforcement of Licences

48. General Penalty

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulation or rule made under this Act or any requirement imposed under any provision of this Act or any decision, direction, order or determination of the

Commission, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not less than one million rupees and in any case where such offence is continued after conviction, to a further fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees, for each day on which such offence is being continued to be committed after conviction.

(2)

Upon conviction of any person for an offence under this Act, a Magistrate may, in addition to or in lieu of imposing any punishment prescribed for the offence, make an order directing that any installation or other apparatus involved in the commission of the offence, shall be dismantled and removed before a date specified in the order.

(3)

An officer authorized in writing by the Commission may institute proceedings in a Magistrate’s court for an offence under this Act, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law.

(4)

No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be instituted except with the written sanction of the Commission.

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