Sri Lanka Transport Board Act 2005 · පනවන ලද පරිදි · Part IV · Offences
26. Offences
නිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. සිංහල පාඨය බලපවත්වයි. නිල Sinhala පාඨය විවෘත කරන්න, documents.gov.lk හි නිල PDF
නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
Any passenger in any omnibus of the Board—
who evades the payment of the fare due from him;
who wilfully refuses or neglects on arriving at his destination, to quit that omnibus, hiring car or ferry;
who uses or makes any obscene, indecent or offensive language or gesture or behaves in any manner likely to annoy or insult any person;
who wilfully spoils any part of, such omnibus;
who smokes or carries any lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or article for smoking in any part of such omnibus in which a notice prohibiting smoking is exhibited; or
who throws out of such omnibus any bottle, liquid or other article or thing likely to annoy persons or to cause damage or injury to any person or property, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction by a
Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than two hundred and fifty rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees:
Provided that a prosecution shall not be instituted against any person in respect of an offence under paragraph (a) if such person pays to any officer of the Board, authorized by the Board to receive such payments, a penalty of two hundred rupees together with double the fare due from him.
Any passenger in any omnibus of the Board who—
does not retain with him throughout the journey the ticket that is issued to him for that journey; or
fails or refuses to show or surrender such ticket when called upon to do so by the conductor of that omnibus or by any other person authorized by the
Board in that behalf, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction by a
Magistrate, be liable to a fine not less than two hundred and fifty rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees:
Provided that a prosecution shall not be instituted or maintained in respect of an offence under this subsection against any such passenger if he pays to an officer of the
Board authorized by the Board to receive such payment, a penalty of two hundred rupees together with twice the fare due from him for that journey.
Any person—
who fraudulently uses or allows any other person to use any ticket issued by or under the authority of the Board;
who fraudulently imitates, alters, mutilates, defaces or destroys any such ticket;
who, without authority from the Board, sells, supplies or distributes, offers for sale or supply or distribution, any such ticket;
who without such authority prints what purports to be, or is capable of being used as, any such ticket;
who wilfully damages or defaces any omnibus, hiring car or ferry of the Board or any part of its equipment; or
who wilfully does or causes to be done with regard to any part of such omnibus or its equipment anything which is calculated to obstruct or interfere with the working of the omnibus or causes any injury or discomfort to any person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction by a
Magistrate, be liable to a fine not less than two hundred and fifty rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Any officer or servant of the Board who, without authority from the Board—
opens or otherwise tampers or interferes with any machine for the issue of tickets belonging to the
Board; or
alters or tampers with any bill or receipt issued by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction by a
Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than two hundred and fifty rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Any person who travels as a passenger in any omnibus, hiring car or ferry of the Board without having a pass in his possession issued by the Board or without having purchased a ticket, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than two hundred and fifty rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees:
Provided that a prosecution shall not instituted or maintained against any person in respect of an offence under this subsection if that person pays to any officer of the Board authorized in that behalf by the Board to receive such payments a penalty of two hundred rupees together with twice the fare due from him.
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any regulation made thereunder for which no other punishment is expressly provided in this
Act or the regulations, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction by a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not less than five hundred rupees and not exceeding one thousand five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Where any person is prosecuted for an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder the burden of proving, where relevant, that he had purchased a ticket or that he had a valid pass in his possession shall lie on him.
Any person who attempts to commit an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of that offence.
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