Forest (Amendment) Act (No. 56 of 1979)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment

3. Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-

(a) in subsection (1) thereof by the repeal of paragraph (c) and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-

	" (c) regulate or prohibit the felling, cutting, sawing, conversion. collection, removal and transport of trees and timber and the collection, removal and transport of forest produce;" ;

(b) by the repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :-

	" (2) Any person who abets the commission of any offence specified in this Chapter or causes any such offence to be committed shall also be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to the same punishment as provided for the offence.".