මෙම අතුරුමුහුණත යන්ත්‍රයෙන් පරිවර්තනය කර ඇත. නීති සහ අධිකරණ තීන්දු ඒවායේ මූලාශ්‍ර භාෂාවෙන් පෙන්වනු ලැබේ.

පනවන ලද පරිදි

පටුන

Section 20

ප්‍රතිචාර සහ සහාය

නිල ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.

Section 19 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —

“Powers of

19.

Replacement o: section 19 of the principal enactment,

(1)

Any excise officer specially autho-inspection rized in that behalf by the Director-General search of in writing may, accompanied ‘by a peace-buildings officer, do all or any of the following acts :—

or places.

(a)

enter and search any building or place where he has reason to

‘believe that any. books of account, registers, records or other docu-ments which in his opinion will be useful for, .or relevant to, any proceedings under this Act may be found, and examine them if found

;

(b)

seize any such books of account, registers, records or other docu-ments, or place marks of indetifi-cation thereon or take extracts therefrom or make copies thereof;

pel,

(c)

make a note or an inventory of any other things found in the course of any search under this section which in his opinion will be useful for, or relevant to, any proceedings under this Act.

The provisions of the Code of Criminal

Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, relating to searches shall apply so far as may be to searches under this section.

. ;

In this subsection, “peace officer”

shall have the same meaning as in the Code of

Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979.

(2)

Before authorizing any excise officer to exercise the powers under subsection (1), the Director-General shall record the circumstances

. which necessitate the exercise of these powers by that officer.

(3)

Where any excise officer authorized by the Director-General under subsection

(1)

seizes any book of account, register,

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record or other document from any person, be, such excise officer shall issue to that person a memorandum = specifying the book, register, record or other document he has seized.

(4)

Any book of account, register, record or other document seized under subsection (1) by any excise officer may be retained in the possession of such excise officer as long as may be necessary for the scrutiny of such

Prop book, register, record or other document or

. for the institution of

. legal proceedings against the person to whom such hook

;

Amendment

Ml... Section 20 of; the:.. principal. enactment is hereby-of section 20 of the amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and principal t the substitution therefor" of fhe foffowing subsection: —

PE Ue BE oe:

(2)

In this section-—:

(i)

“driver” includes the rider of a motor cycle or bicycle and the captain. of a ship or air craft;

(ii)

“ vehicle ” includes any carriage, car, motor car, ‘motor ‘cycle, omnibus, tractor, lorry,

- bieyele.or.ather-anachanically propelled vehi-cle; and.

(iii)

‘ vessel ” fndtudes an aircraft.’

Amendment of

Report

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