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| | (a) is unable to conduct and maintain any school to which this Act applies; or | | |
| | (b) is unable to conduct and maintain a school for and on behalf of the Crown under this Act, | | |
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| (2) Where an order under subsection (1) is issued to the Fiscal by a Magistrate's Court, he shall forthwith execute that order and shall in writing report to the court the manner in which that order was executed. |
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| (3) For the purpose of executing an order issued by a Magistrate's Court under subsection (1), the Fiscal or any person acting under his direction may use such force as may be necessary to enter any premises to which such order relates and to eject any person or persons in occupation of such premises. |
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| | (a) Where the presence of any person in the precincts of any school to which this Act applies, or of any school which is conducted and maintained by the Director for and on behalf of the Crown under this Act, is undesirable, the Director, after giving such person all opportunity of being heard, may, by writing under his hand served on such person, prohibit such person from entering or remaining within such precincts or within such part thereof as may be specified in such writing. Such prohibition shall be and remain in force until revoked by the Director. | | |
| | (b) A certificate under the hand of the Director to the effect that any person named in the certificate has been prohibited, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), from entering or remaining within the precincts of any school or any specified part thereof, shall be received and accepted by a court as evidence of the facts stated in such certificate until the contrary is proved, | | |
| | (c) A document purporting to be a certificate issued by the Director and to be signed by him, shall be received in evidence, and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a certificate issued by the Director under the preceding provisions of this sub-section. | | |
| | (d) Any person who is prohibited under the preceding provisions of this subsection from entering or remaining within the precincts of any school or part thereof and who, without reasonable cause, enters or remains within such precincts or part thereof in contravention of such prohibition shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts