57. Section 66 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section-
| | (i) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (b), of the following paragraph:
| | | "(bb) enter and search without warrant any hut, house, wadi or premises of any person, and question any person found in such hut, house, wadi or premises :": |
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| | (ii) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (c) thereof of the following paragraph:
| | | " (cc) seize and take possession of any animal or the carcase or part of the carcase of any animal which may be produced in evidence of the offence ; " ; and |
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| | (iii) by the substitution for the words " any animal or bird " wherever they occur in that subsection of the words " any animal " ; | | |
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| (2) in subsection (3) of that section-
| | (i) by the substitution for the words " of this Ordinance, " in paragraph (c) thereof of the words " of this Ordinance ; or " ; | | |
| | (ii) by the addition, immediately after paragraph (c) thereof of the following paragraph :
| | | " (d) does not allow entry into, or the search of, any hut, house, wadi or premises by a police officer or prescribed officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on such police officer or prescribed officer by subsection (1) , " ; and |
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| | (iii) by the substitution for all the words from " shall be guilty " to the end of that subsection, of the following words: | | |
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| (3) by the addition immediately after subsection (3) thereof, of the following new subsection:-
| | '(4) In this section "animal" means any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or invertebrate but does not include any domestic animal as defined in section 11.'. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts