3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 11, and shall have effect as section 11A, of the principal enactment ;
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| | (1) Any person who re-enters, except under a valid permit or other written authority of the State granted in accordance with any written law, any land within a period of ten years of his being ejected therefrom in the execution of an order made under section 7 or section 10, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction after summary trial be rare a Magistrate to imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or to a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or to both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
| | (2) Upon the institution of any proceedings: against any person for an offence under subsection (1), the Magistrate shall, on proof that such person was ejected, in, the execution of an order under section 7 or section 10, from the land in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, forthwith order the ejectment of such person and his dependants if any, from such land pending the conclusion of those proceedings.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts