4.Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the insertion, immediately after sub-section
| (1) of that section, of the following new subsection :
| | "(1A) No person shall, on any Crown land or any part thereof within any Sanctuary, carry, or have in his possession or under his control, a gun, or a cartridge or other explosive of any description except under the authority, and in accordance with the terms or conditions, of a permit issued by the prescribed officer upon the payment of the prescribed fee. The preceding provisions of this sub-section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Firearms Ordinance."; | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, at the end of that section, of the following new sub-sections:
| | " (3) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed or construed to prohibit or restrict the exercise by any person of any right acquired by him, whether by law or custom or usage, in or over any land situated within the limits of any Nature Reserve, or Jungle Corridor, or in or over any Crown land in any Sanctuary, being a right which was so acquired by such person prior to the date of the establishment of such Reserve, Corridor or Sanctuary. | | |
| | (4) Any right referred to in sub-section (3) which has not been, or is not, exercised by the person entitled thereto for a continuous period of two years shall be deemed to have lapsed, or to lapse, and to have been, or to be, ceded to the Crown.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts