7. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 27 and shall have effect as section 27A of the principal enactment:"
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| | (1) No person shall keep in unlawful custody in contravention of the provisions of this Act"
| | | (a) any woman expecting a child during her pregnancy; |
| (b) any child with or without his mother, for the purpose of giving such child for adoption. |
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| | (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions for subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts