22. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 19 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 19A of that enactment:
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| | (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 40, no person shall export from Sri Lanka-
| | | (a) any tusk or tush, or any part of a tusk or tush, or any article made out of a tusk or tush or part of a tusk or tush or any article containing ivory from a tusk or tush ; or |
| (b) any other part of an elephant, or any article made our of or containing any part of an elephant. |
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| | (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not more than fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
| | (3) This section shall have effect as if it formed part of the Customs Ordinance and the provisions of that Ordinance shall apply accordingly.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts