23. Section 136 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-
| 136. If any goods liable to forfeiture under this Ordinance shall be stopped or taken by any police officer or Grama Sevaka, such goods shall be conveyed to the custom-house nearest to the place where the goods were stopped or taken. and there delivered to the proper officer appointed to receive the same, within a reasonable time after the said goods were stopped and taken; and in case any police officer or Grama Sevaka stopping such goods shall neglect to have the same conveyed to such custom-house within a reasonable time, such police officer or Grama Sevaka shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred rupees.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts