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| (1) Charges and commissions that may be made by the Bureau for any services rendered or facilities afforded including the booking, reservation and allocation of freight or cargo space by the Bureau to shippers, exporters, shipping agents and shipowners shall be fixed by the Bureau with the approval of the Minister and may be revised from time to time with like approval. |
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| (2) Charges and commissions referred to in subsection (1) shall become payable within thirty days after demand by the Bureau. |
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| (3) Where a shipper, exporter, shipping agent or shipowner fails "or refuses to pay, within thirty days after demand, any sum which he is required to pay as a charge or commission under this section, to the Bureau, such sum may, on application made by the Bureau to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the last known place of business or residence of such shipper, exporter. shipping agent or shipowner, be recovered in like manner as a fine imposed by such Court, notwithstanding that such sum may exceed the amount of the fine which the Court may impose in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts