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Part IV · General

28. Offences and penalties

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

Every person who commits an offence under this

Act shall on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Read on from s 29