12.Section 23A of the principal enactment (inserted by Act No. 40 of 1958) as amended by Act No, 2 of 1965 and Law No.38 of 1974 is hereby further amended as follows:
| (i)by the repeal of subsection (6) of that section, and the substitution therefor the of the following subsection:
| | (6)In any prosecution for an offence under this section a certificate from the Chief Valuer with regard to the value of any movable property or the cost of construction of any building on such property shall be sufficient proof of such value and cast of construction unless and until the contrary is proved . | | |
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| (ii) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (6) of that section, of the following new subsection:
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(7) For the purpose of this section "a person" shall mean any person whomsoever, whether or not such person can be shown to have been concern ed with any act referred, to in section 18 or section 20 on whether or not he is a public servant within the meaning of this Act.'. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts