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| (1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any regulation made hereunder shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) Any employer who fails to pay a sum of money required to be paid to a worker of such employer under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (3) On a conviction of an employer for an offence under subsection (2), the court may, in addition to any other sentence, order the employer to pay to such worker, within a period specified in the order, such sum of money as may be found by the court to be due to such worker under the provisions of this Act and if such sum is not so paid such sum may be recovered in the same manner as a fine and paid to such worker. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts