2. Section 45 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section
| | (a) by the substitution, in paragraph (h) of that subsection, for the words "order made thereunder ; or ", of the words " order made thereunder ;" ; | | |
| | (b) by the relettering of paragraph (i) of that subsection as paragraph (o) of that subsection ; | | |
| | (c) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (h) of that subsection, of the following new paragraphs :
| | | "(i) being the holder of a travel document, residing outside Sri Lanka, dispatches or transmits such travel document to a person residing in Sri Lanka, through the post or through another person, without the prior approval in writing of the Controller ; |
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| | (d) by the substitution, for all the words from " shall on conviction" to the end of that subsection, of the words " shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than five thousand rupees and of not more than fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term of not less than six months and of not more than five year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. "; and, | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsection :
| | '' (5) In this section, the expression " travel document" means a Sri Lanka passport, or an emergency certificate or identity certificate issued under the Immigrants and Emigrants Regulations, 1956.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts