7. Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section and |
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| (2) by the addition, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1), of the following new subsections :-
| | " (2) Where any forest officer, police officer or any other officer thereto authorized has reason to believe that any timber referred to in subsection (1) is being removed in any cart, boat or motor vehicle, contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, he may
| | | (a) give such order, direction, signal or use such devices or take such other measures as may be necessary to stop the cart, boat or motor vehicle or cause such cart, boat or motor vehicle to be halted ; |
| (b) detain for inspection and search the cart, boat or motor vehicle ; and |
| (c) detain any timber found in the cart, boat or motor vehicle and deal with the timber as provided in Chapter VII. |
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| (3) Where any order, direction or signal is given under subsection (2) for the stopping of any cart, boat or motor vehicle the driver, boatman or other person, who is for the time being in charge of the cart, boat or motor vehicle, shall forthwith stop the cart, boat or motor vehicle or cause such cart, boat or motor vehicle to be halted in accordance with the order, direction or signal. Any driver, boatman or other person who fails or refuses to comply with the order, direction or signal or obstructs the inspection and search, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts