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| (1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulation made under this Act, or makes a false statement in any return furnished in compliance with a direction under section 14 or in any record kept in compliance with any regulation made under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| (2) Where, for the purpose of hulling or milling any quantity of paddy, the Commissioner engages any person carrying on the business of hulling or milling paddy, then,-
| | (a) if that person disposes of the quantity of paddy delivered to him by the Commissioner in any manner other than by hulling or milling such quantity and delivering the quantity produced by the hulling or milling to the Commissioner in accordance with the terms of the engagement of that person by the Commissioner, or | | |
| | (b) if that person delivers to the Commissioner rice which is not produced by the hulling or milling of the quantity of paddy delivered to him by the Commissioner, | | |
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| (3) Where, for the purpose of being hulled or milled, any paddy is delivered by the Commissioner to any person carrying on the business of hulling or milling paddy, then, if any other person purchases or otherwise acquires from the first-mentioned person any quantity of the paddy delivered to the first-mentioned person by the Commissioner, such other person shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| (4) Where an employee is convicted of an offence under this Act committed by him in his capacity as such employee, the employer of such employee or, if such employer is absent from Ceylon, the person who at the time of the commission of such offence was the manager or having the control of the business in which such employee was employed at such time by such employer shall also be guilty of such offence unless such employer or such person proves that such offence Was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts