6 Section 58 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:
| "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Minister may authorize
| | (a) any employee of the State Timber Corporation established under the State Industrial Corporations Act, No. 49 of 1957 to perform the functions of a forest officer for the purposes of sections 24, 27, 37 or 48 of this Ordinance; or | | |
| | (b) any employee of the Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation established under the Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation Act, No. 4 of 1958, or the Janatha Estate Development Board or the Agricultural Development Authority established under the State Agricultural Corporations Act, No. 11 of 1972, to perform the functions of a forest officer for the purposes of sections 27. 37 or 48 of this Ordinance, | | |
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