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| (1) An employer who fails to pay a trainee any allowance payable to him under this Act or contravenes the provisions of section 9, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) Where an employer Is convicted under subsection (1) for failure to pay any allowances to a trainee, the Magistrate may in addition to any other penalty which he may impose for the offence, order the employer to pay the sum due as allowance to the trainee and such sum shall if not paid by the employer be recovered as a fine Imposed by the Magistrate and paid when so recovered to the trainee. |
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| (3) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) any register maintained or a return made by an employer shall be admissible in evidence and shall, as against the employer, be prima facie evidence of the particulars stated therein. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts