පාර්ලිමේන්තු පනත · පනවන ලද පරිදි
Felling of Trees (Control) (Amendment) Act 2000
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
Amends the Felling of Trees (Control) Actනිල පරිවර්තනය, ස්කෑන් කළ පිටපතකින් කියවන ලදීDepartment of Government Printing හි ස්කෑන් කළ PDF ගොනුවෙන්, OCR මගින් කියවන ලදී; දෝෂ තිබිය හැක
s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Felling of Trees (Control)
(Amendment) Act, No. | of 2000.
s 2Replacement of section 4 of Chapter 452
Section 4 of the Felling of Trees (Control)
Act is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefore :—
Penalty for
4. (1) Any person who acts in contravention a of any Order made under this Act, or of any
Order.
condition inserted in any licence granted under any such Order shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a
Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months and not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under subsection (1), any tree or part therof in respect of which such offence has been committed shall, by reason of such conviction be forfeited to the State.
Any tree or part thereof forfeited to the
State under subsection (2) shall—
ifno appeal has been preferred to a High
Court established by Article 154P of the
Constitution against the relevant conviction vest absolutely in the State with effect from the date on which the period prescribed for preferring an appeal against such conviction expires ;
ifan appeal has been preferred to a High
Court established under Article 154P of the Constitution against the relevant conviction, vest absolutely in the State with effect from the date on which such conviction is finally affirmed on appeal.
In this subsection, “relevant conviction”
means the conviction in consequence of which any tree or part thereof is forfeited to the State under subsection (2).
An officer designated in writing by the
Conservator of Forests shall take charge of any tree or part thereof vested in the State under subsection (3) and shall dispose of it in accordance with the directions of the
Conservator of Forests.”
s 3Sinhala text to
In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala prevail incase of and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
inconsistency.