2. Section 7 of the Forest Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment ) is hereby amended as follows:
| (a) by the substitution in subsection (1) of that section, for the words "to imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years,", of the words " to imprisonment for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years, "; |
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| (b) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:
| | ''(2) Any person who abets the commission of any offence specified in subsection (1) or who causes any such offence to be committed, shall also be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable
| | | (a) in the case of abetting, or causing, the commission of an offence under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) of that subsection, to imprisonment for a term not less than one year and not exceeding five years; and |
| (b) in the case of abetting, or causing, the commission of an offence under any other paragraph of that subsection, to the same punishment as is prescribed for such offence by that subsection. "; and |
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| (c) by the addition at the end of that section, of the following new subsection:
| | "(3) No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted except with the written sanction of the Conservator of Forests, ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts