පාර්ලිමේන්තු පනත · පනවන ලද පරිදි
Immigrants and Emigrants (Amendment) Act 1993
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
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s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Immigrants and
Emigrants (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 1993.
s 2Amendment of section 45 of Chapter 351
Section 45 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act
(hereinafter referred to as the “ principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—
in subsection (1) of that section—
by the substitution, in paragraph (h) of that subsection, for the words
“order made thereunder ; or”, of the words “ order made thereunder ;” ;
by the relettering of paragraph (i) of that subsection as paragraph (0) of that subsec-tion
;
{c) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (h) of that subsection, of the following new paragraphs :—
“(i) being the holder of a travel document, residing outside Sri Lanka, despatches or transmits such travel document to a person residing in Sri
Lanka, through the post or through another person, without the prior approval in writing of the Controller
;
being the holder of a travel document, residing in Sri Lanka, despatches or transmits such travel document to a person residing in any country out-side Sri Lanka, through the post or through another person, without the prior approval in writing of the
Controller
;
has in his possession, more than one travel document for the time being in force, issued to him
;
of new
being in possession of a travel document issued to him, and for the time being in force, applies for the issue of a travel document
;
without lawful authority, has in his possession a travel document of any other person ;
during the pendency of an order under section 5lc, impounding a travel document issued to such person, applies for the issue of another travel document ;”;
{dy by the substitution, for all the words from
“shall on conviction” to the end of that subsection, of the words “ shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than five thousand rupees and of not more than fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term of not less than six months and of not more than five years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.”;
and,
by the insertion, immediately after subsection (4)
of that section, of the following new subsection :—-
“(5) In this section, the expression ‘travel document” means a Sri Lanka passport, or an emergency certiticate or identity certificate issued under the Immigrants and Emigrants Regulations,
1956.”.
s 3insertion
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 51p, and shall have effect as section 51c of the principal enactment :—-
section 8IC in the principal enactment.
‘Court may sic. (1) Whenever in any proceeding in impound respect of any offence under any law it document appears to the court that the attendance of oer gore an accused or suspect or the examination of of accused, a witness is necessary, it may, impound any suspect oF travel document issued to such accused, suspect or witness, as the case may be, and for the time being in force, for such period as it may deem necessary to procure the attendance of such accused, or suspect or
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the examination of such witness. A court making an order under this section impound-ing a travel document issued to any person shall cause a copy of such order to be trans-mitted to the Controller.
In this section, the expression “ travel document” means a Sri Lanka passport, or an emergency certificate or identity certifi-cate issued under the
Immigrants and
Emigrants Regulations, 1956.’.
4 In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala txt
Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the
Sinhala text in eae shail prevail.
of i