23. Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
| 27. The Director-General may compound any offence under section 4, 5 and 14 and may, before judgment stay or compound any proceeding thereunder. The Director-General may, as part of the compounding of any offence, order the release of any boat, vessel, vehicle or article seized under section 20 on payment of a sum of money not exceeding the aggregated of the estimated value of the boat, vessel, vehicle or article. All sums received by the Director-General for the composition of an offence shall be applied in the manner set out in section 28.. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts