Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsAmendment of section 59 of the principal enactment.[ 6, 27 of 1964] Cap. 20
| 8. Section 59 of the principal enactment is hereby amended, in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution, for all the words from " as though it were a fine" to the end of that subsection, of the words " as though it were a fine imposed by a sentence of the Magistrate on such person or officer for an offence punishable with fine only or not punishable with imprisonment, and the provisions of section 312 (except paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) of that section) of the Criminal Procedure Code shall thereupon apply, and the Magistrate may make any direction which, by the provisions of that section, he could have made at the time of imposing such sentence. Nothing in this section shall authorize or require the Magistrate in any proceedings thereunder to consider, examine or decide the correctness of any order made by the Registrar.". |