23. Section 60 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition immediately after sub-section (2) of that section of the following new sub-sections:
| " (3) The following provisions shall apply in any case where any wild animal is killed or taken by any person in such circumstances that such killing or taking is not an offence by virtue of the operation of sub-section (1):
| | (a) such person shall forthwith report such killing or taking to any police officer or Grama Sevaka entitled to officiate in the area within which such killing or taking took place, or to any prescribed officer; | | |
| | (b) such police officer or Grama Sevaka or prescribed officer, as the case may be, shall, upon the receipt of such report, investigate the circumstances in which such killing or taking took place and report the result of the investigation to the Director; | | |
| | (c) such wild animal shall be the property of the Crown and accordingly such police officer or Grama Sevaka or prescribed officer, as the case may be-
| | | (i) shall, if such wild animal was so taken, take over such wild animal for and on behalf of the Crown; or |
| (ii) shall, if such wild animal was so killed, take over the carcase of such wild animal for and on behalf of the Crown, and shall thereafter sell such carcase by public auction, issue a receipt in respect of such sale to the purchaser, and credit the proceeds of such sale to the Wild Life Preservation Fund. |
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| (4) Any person who fails to report the killing or taking of any wild animal to any police officer or Grama Sevaka or prescribed officer as required by paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period which may extend to three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts