25. Section 143 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
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| | (1) If any ship or boat which is liable to seizure or examination under this Ordinance, or which officers of customs are empowered by this Ordinance to board, shall not bring to when required so to do-
| | | (a) the master of such ship or boat shall forfeit the sum of five hundred rupees; and |
| (b) it shall be lawful for the officer of customs having the charge or command of any vessel flying; the Sri Lanka Customs flag, having first caused a gun to be fired as a signal, to fire at or into such ship or boat; and such officer of customs or any other person acting in his aid or assistance or by his direction shall be and is hereby indemnified and discharged from any action or prosecution, whether civil or criminal, in respect of any act done in pursuance of the powers conferred by this section: |
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| | (2) Where any vessel, other than a vessel duly authorized by the Collector in that behalf, flies the Sri Lanka Customs flag, the master or person in charge of the vessel shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees. | | |
| | (3) In this section, " Sri Lanka Customs flag " means a flag of such design or description as may be specified by the Principal Collector by notice published in the Gazette to be the Sri Lanka Customs flag.". | | |
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