33. Insertion of new sections 59A in the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 59 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 59A of that enactment:-

59A. Any person who knowingly —

(a)

gives or causes to be given any false or misleading information relating to the commission of any offence under this Act; or

(b)

gives or causes to be given to the

Commission or any other officer appointed to assist the Commission false or misleading information, commits an offence and shall on conviction after summary trail before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or in the default of the payment of such fine to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.”.

Read on from s 34