7. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 40 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 40A of that enactment :
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| | (1) Where a Magistrate is satisfied on information received on oath that there is reasonable ground to believe that, in contravention of the provisions of this Act the person against whom the information is given
| | | (a) is possessing or using a radio receiving set; |
| (b) is carrying on the business of importing, selling, manufacturing or assembling radio receiving sets, |
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| | (2) When an officer of the Corporation seizes any radio receiving set under subsection (1), he shall produce such radio receiving set within a period of seven days from the date of seizure before the Magistrate's Court within whose jurisdiction that radio receiving set is seized, and upon the production of that radio receiving set, the court shall make such order as he may deem fit relating to the custody of that radio receiving set.''. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts