25. Section 70 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
| (1) by the repeal of sub-section (6) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following new sub-section:
| | " (6) If the election agent of any candidate at any election fails to comply with the requirements of sub-section (1) of this section, both such agent and candidate shall, subject to the provisions of section 58, each be guilty of an illegal practice. "; and | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, at the end of that section, of the following new sub-section:
| | " (7) In the event of a failure to comply with the requirements of sub-section (2) of this section, both the candidate at any election and his election agent shall, subject to the provisions of section 58, each one guilty of an illegal practice. " . | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts