Section 3
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
Insertion of new sections 288, 288a, and 288s, in the principal enactment by the renumbering of subsection (2) of that section as subsection (4) of that section; and by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section, of the following new subsections:
“(2) Any person who, being a developer of photographs or films, discovers that any photograph or film given to him for developing is an indecent or obscene photograph or a film of a child, shall, forthwith on such discovery, inform the officer in charge of the nearest police station that he has in his possession, such photograph or film.
Whoever being a developer of photographs or films acts in contravention of the provisions of subsection (2) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.”.
The following new sectics are hereby inserted immediately after section 287 ar shall have effect as section 288, 288a, and 288B, respectively, of the principal enactment:—
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“Causing or procuring children to
Hiring or employing children to act as procurers
. for sexual intercourse.
Hiring or employing children to traffic in restricted
288.
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Whoever causes or procures a child to be in any street, premises or place for the purposes of begging or receiving alms, or of inducing the giving of alms (whether or not there is any pretence of singing, playing, performing, offering anything for sale or otherwise), shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding five years and may also be liable to a fine.
In this section “child” means a person under eighteen years of age.
288a (1) Whoever knowingly, hires, employs, persuades, uses, induces or coerces a child to procure any person for illicit sexual intercourse shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years and may also be liable to a fine.
In this section “child” means a person under eighteen years of age.
288B(1) Whoever knowingly, hires, employs, persuades, uses, induces or coerces a child to traffic in any restricted article shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not less than five years and not exceeding seven years and may also be liable —
articles.
to a fine.
In this section—
“child” means a person under eighteen years of age;
“restricted article” has the meaning assigned to it by the Poisons, Opium and
Dangerous . Drugs
Ordinance
(Chapter 218.);.
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“trafficking” includes selling, giving, procuring, storing, administering, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing.”