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Penal Code (Amendment) Act 1998

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அதிகாரப்பூர்வ ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பு. சிங்கள அல்லது தமிழ் உரையிலிருந்து வேறுபடும் இடங்களில் எந்த உரை மேலோங்கும் என்பதைச் சட்டமே குறிப்பிடுகிறது.

Amends the Penal Code

அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்பு, ஸ்கேன் செய்யப்பட்ட பிரதியிலிருந்து படிக்கப்பட்டதுDepartment of Government Printing-இன் ஸ்கேன் செய்யப்பட்ட PDF-இலிருந்து, OCR மூலம் படிக்கப்பட்டது; பிழைகள் இருக்கலாம்

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Penal Code (Amendment)

Act, No. 29 of 1998.

s 2Amendment of section 28a of Chapter 19°”

Section 286a of the Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

(2)

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.

(3)

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.

beg

(1)

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.

(2)

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.

(2)

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.

(2)

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.);.

’

“trafficking” includes selling, giving, procuring, storing, administering, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing.”

s 4- Repeal of section 302 of the principal enactment

Section 302 of the Principal enactment is hereby repealed.

s 5Amendment of section 360a of thé principal enactment

Section 360a of the. principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—~

(1)

in subsection (5) of that section by the substitution for all the words from “to leave such person’s ysual place of abode in Sri Lanka”, to the end of that paragraph, of the following :—

“to leave such persons usual place of abode in

Sri Lanka with a view to illicit sexual intercourse within or out side Sri Lanka;”;

in subsection (6) of that section by the substitution for the words “in any brothel with a view to illicit sexual intercourse or sexual abuse”, of the words

“in any premises with a view to illicit sexual intercourse or sexual abuse”.

s 6Amendment of section 363 of the

Section 363 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (6) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

enactment.

“{b) with her consent, while she was in lawful or unlawful detention-or when her consent has been obtained, by use of force or intimidation, or by threat of detention or by putting her in fear of death or hurt;”.

s 7Amendment of section 3658 of the principal

Section 3658 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (a) of that section, of the following new paragraph :—

“(aa) with or without the consent of the other person when the other person is under sixteen years of age;”; and

(2)

by the repeal of paragraph (5) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(b) with the consent of the other person while such other person was in lawful or unlawful detention or where that consent has been obtained, by use of force, or intimidation or threat of detention or by putting such other person in fear of death or hurt;”.