2. This Act shall apply to every book, magazine or other publication which is of a kind likely to fall into the hands of any child or young person and which consists wholly or mainly of such stories told in pictures, whether with or without the addition of written matter, as portray-
| (a) the commission of any crime, or |
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| (b) any act of violence or cruelty, or |
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| (c) any incident of a repulsive or horrible nature, |
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in such a way that such book, magazine or other publication would tend to corrupt a child or young person into whose hands it might fall. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts