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| (1) The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 3, and shall have effect as sections 3A, 3B and 3C of the Gaming Ordinance,hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment " : -
| | 3A.
| | | (1) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, prohibit the importation into Ceylon of any instrument or appliance that may be used for the playing of any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill. Cap. 235. |
| (2) The provisions of this section shall be read and construed as one with the Customs Ordinance, and, for the purpose of the application of that Ordinance, any instrument or appliance the importation of which is prohibited by Order made under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be goods the importation of which is prohibited by enactment. |
| (3) No Order made by the Minister under subsection (1) shall come into force until it has been approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives. |
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| | 3B.
| | | (1) No person shall possess or manufacture any instrument or appliance the importation of which is prohibited by Order made under subsection (1) of section 3A. |
| (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| | 3C.
| | | (1) Where in any proceedings in any court it has to be determined whether any instrument or appliance is an instrument or appliance the importation of which is prohibited by Order made under subsection (1) of section 3A, a certificate under the hand of the officer who is, or is acting as, the Government Factory Engineer to the effect that the first-mentioned instrument or appliance is an instrument or appliance the importation of which is prohibited by such Order shall be received in those proceedings as conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein. |
| (2) The officer who issues a certificate under subsection (1) shall not be examined or cross-examined with respect to that certificate. (3) Every certificate issued under subsection (1) shall be in the following form : - |
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| (2) The provisions of section 3C shall apply to proceedings in any court in respect of an offence committed before, on, or after the date of commencement of Act No. 48 of 1961. |
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