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Obscene Publications (Amendment) Act 1983
கருத்துகள் மற்றும் உதவிஅதிகாரப்பூர்வ ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பு. சிங்கள அல்லது தமிழ் உரையிலிருந்து வேறுபடும் இடங்களில் எந்த உரை மேலோங்கும் என்பதைச் சட்டமே குறிப்பிடுகிறது.
Changes to the law on obscene publicationsஉரை
Preamble
AN ACT TO AMEND THE OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE:
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :—
s 1Shert title
This Act may be cited as the Obscene Publications
(Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 1983.
s 2of section 2 of Chapter 40
Section 2 of the Obscene Publications Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :—
“ Offences
2. It shall be an offence against this relating sae to obscene
Ordinance punishable on conviction by a publications.
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Magistrate—-
for the first offence, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or
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imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or with both such fine and imprisonment; and
for a subsequent offence committed after a conviction for the first offence, with imprisonment of either descrip-tion for a term not exceeding six months and in addition with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, to do any of the following acts namély i—
for purposes of or by way of trade or for distribution or public exhibition te make or produce or have in possession for purposes stated cr otherwise, obscene writings, draw-ings, prints, paintings, printed matter, pictures, posters, emblems, photographs, cinematograph films, video cassettes or any other obscene objects
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Obscene Publications (Amendment)
Act, No. 22 of 1983
for the purposes above mentioned to import, convey, or export or cause to be imported, conveyed, or exported any of the said obscene matters or things, or in any manner whatsoever to put them into circulation ;
{c) to carry on or take part in a business, whether public or private, concerned with any of the said obscene matters or things, or to deal in the said matters or things in any manner whatsoever, or to distribute them or to exhibit them publicly or to make a business of lending them;
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to advertise or make known by any means whatsoever, in view of assist-ing in the said punishable circula-tion or traffic, that a person is engaged in any of the above punishable acts, or to advertise or to make known how or from whom the said obscene matters or things can be procured either directly or indirectly.”.
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Annual subscription of Bills and Laws of the Parliament Rs. 150 (Local),
Rs. 200 (Foreign), payable to the SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Bureau, P. O. Box 500, Coromso 1, before 15th December each year in respect of the year following,