49. | (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of section 15,16,17 or 22 of this Act or for any order made under section 30 shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than two thousand rupees. |
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| (2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of sections 6, 28, 29, 34, 35 or 39 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not less than three thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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| (3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 27 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months and not exceeding two years and to a fine not Iess than five thousand rupees or on a second or subsequent conviction to imprisonment of either description for a term not less then one year and not exceeding five years and to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees. |
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| (4) Any person who- | | (a) fails or refuses to stop any fishing boat In Sri Lanka Waters or beyond the limits of Sri Lanka Waters, or any vehicle transporting fish or other aquatic resources, when required to do so by an authorized officer; | | |
| | (b) fails to appear before an authorized officer when summoned to do so under subsection (2) of section 44 or being a party to a settlement entered under subsection (3) of section 44 falls to comply with the terms of such settlement; | | |
| | (c) does not allow the search and examination of such boat, the crew thereof, the fishing gear and other equipment carried therein and any fish or other aquatic resources found on board such boat or vehicle transporting fish or other aquatic resources, by an authorized officer;or | | |
| | (d) refuses to be searched by, obstructs or resists, or escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of, an authorized officer acting in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by section 46, | | |
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| (5) Any person who contravenes any regulation made under this Act or kept in force by this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, on conviction alter summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or to both such fine and imprisonment : |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts