7. Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, for subsections (2) and (3) of that section, of the following new subsections: -
| " (2) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of any regulation or of any Order made under section 20A or of any condition lawfully inserted in any fishing licence or permit granted under this Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. |
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| (3) A person who acts in contravention of any provision of any regulation or of any Order made under section 20A shall, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed under subsection (2), be liable to a fine of one hundred rupees for each day during which the contravention is continued after conviction thereof.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts