20. Section 29 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: "
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| | | (a) into the fund of a local authority, fines paid or recovered in respect of an offence under this Act or regulations made thereunder in a prosecution instituted by an Authorized Officer of a Food Authority which is a local authority; |
| (b) out of the fund of the local authority expenses incurred by such local authority in the administration of this Act. |
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| | (2) It shall be lawful for the Court before which an offender is convicted of an offence under this Act, to direct in respect of any fine that may be imposed for such offence that a sum not exceeding twenty five per centum of the fine recovered shall be awarded to the Authorized Officer who secures such conviction. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts