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Fauna And Flora Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 49 of 1993) - Sect 54

Amendment of section 60 of the principal enactment

54. Section 60 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
(1) by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:-
' (1) An act otherwise prohibited or penalised under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, shall not be an offence, if it is done for the purpose of protecting any human being from any immediate danger or from injury by any wild animal.
(2) In this section "wild animal" means any wild animal as defined in section 11.' ; and
(2) by the repeal of subsection (4) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
" (4) Any person who fails to report the killing or taking of any wild animal to any police officer or Grama Niladhari or prescribed officer as required by paragraph (a) of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two hundred 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.".


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