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| (1) Any employer who fails to pay a sum required to be paid to a worker under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) Upon conviction by the Magistrate of an employer for failure to pay any sum required to be paid to a worker under this Act, the Court shall, in addition to the penalty imposed for such offence order such employer to pay such sum to such worker within a period specified in the Order, and if the sum is not so paid, such sum shall be recovered by Order of Court, as if it were a fine imposed by the Court and paid to such worker. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts