11. Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby amended, by the substitution, for sub-section (1) of that section, of the following new sub-section:-
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| | (a) Where a licensee or permit tee is convicted by a court of an offence under any of the sections of the Penal Code enumerated in the Schedule to this Act, or under the Offensive Weapons Act, No. 18 of 1966, the court shall cause notice of such conviction to be given to the licensing' authority who granted a licence or permit to such licensee or permit tee, and such licensing authority shall, upon receipt of such notice, by written order cancel that licence or permit. Such order shall specify the grounds of cancellation of such licence or permit. | | |
| | (b) Where a licensee or permit tee is convicted by a court of an offence under this Act, or of any offence under any other written law which was committed in connection with the possession or use of any gun or explosive or in the commission of which any gun or explosive was used, the court shall cause notice of such conviction to be given to the licensing authority who granted a licence or permit to such licensee or permit tee, and such licensing authority may, upon receipt of such notice, by written order suspend that licence or permit for a period specified in the order or cancel that licence or permit. Such order shall specify the grounds of suspension or cancellation of such licence or permit. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts