2. Section 31 of the Administration of Justice Law, No. 44 of 1973, is hereby amended as follows: -
| (a) by the renumbering of subsections (3) and (4) of that section as subsections (4) and (5) respectively of that section; and |
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| (b) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection: -
| | "(3) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in subsections (1) and (2), a Magistrate's Court shall have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all prosecutions against any person in respect of any such offence as is, for the purposes of this subsection prescribed by regulation, and to impose in respect of every such offence, a sentence of imprisonment or fine or both, not exceeding one-half of the sentence which a District Court may impose in respect of such offence: | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts