3. Amendment of section 2B of the principal enactment

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

Section 2B of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words “shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.”, of the words “commits an offence and be liable on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate to a fine not less than one hundred

Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation thousand rupees and not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsections (5), (6) and (7) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following subsections: –

“(5) Where the Chief Executive Officer is informed and upon being satisfied that any person is acting in contravention of the provisions of subsection (3), the Chief Executive Officer may –

(a)

make an application to the Magistrate’s Court within whose local jurisdiction such extent of land or any part thereof in which such unlawful activity is being carried on, is situated, for the issue of an order –

(i)

restraining such person, his agents and servants from acting in contravention of the provisions of subsection (3);

(ii)

granting the Chief Executive Officer, the authority-

(aa)

to demolish any building or construction which may have been erected whether wholly or partly on such extent of land;

(ab)

to excavate or unearth and to remove the soil and materials used in the filling or the construction; and

(ac)

to take into custody any implement, instrument, machinery, vehicle or document used for such filling or construction; and

(iii)

for the recovery of the total cost incurred by the Corporation-

(aa)

in the demolition of any building or construction;

(ab)

in the excavation or the unearthing and the removal of the soil and materials used in the filling or the construction; and

(ac)

in the taking of any implement, instrument, machinery, vehicle or document used for such filling or construction into custody; or

(b)

complain to the Officer in Charge of the police station of the area where such extent of land or any part thereof in which such unlawful activity is being carried on or wholly or partly carried out, is situated.”.

Read on from s 4