13. Section 25 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act No. 13 of 1982 is hereby further amended as follows : -
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section:-
| | (a) by the substitution for the word "by a fine not less than two hundred rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees" of the word "by the fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees". | | |
| | (b) by the substitution in the second proviso to that subsection for words "by a fine not less than two hundred rupees and not exceeding two thousand rupees or by imprisonment for a terra not less than, three months and not exceeding one year" of the words "by a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or by imprisonment for a term not less than six mouths and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment"; | | |
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| (2) in subsection (2) of that section-
| | (a) by the substitution for the words " to imprisonment for a term not less than three months and not exceeding five years" of the words " to imprisonment for a term not less than six months and not exceeding five years, " ; | | |
| | (b) by the substitution in the proviso to that subsection for the words "to a fine not less than two hundred rupees and not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not less than three months and not exceeding six months.", of the words " to a fine not less than two thousand five hundred rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a tern not less than three months and not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. " ; | | |
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| (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection: - |
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| " (2A) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provision of this section, where any person referred to in subsection '2) is convicted of an offence referred thereto, any other person who allows any tool, boat, cart, cattle, or motor vehicle of which he is the owner or which is in his possession to be used for the commission of such offence, shall himself be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not less than three months and not exceeding two years.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts