3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 45B of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 45C of that enactment :-
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| | (1) Any person, who-
| | | (a) organizes one or more persons to leave Sri Lanka in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act ; or |
| (b) attempts or does any act preparatory to, or aids and abets any other person to, so organize under paragraph (a), |
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| | (2) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall, upon conviction by a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not more than five years. | | |
| | (3) In this section, the expression "organize", with its grammatical variations, includes-
| | | (a) the recruitment of a person on a promise of securing employment outside Sri Lanka ; |
| (b) knowingly making false promises of employment in a foreign country or making any false representation or disseminating misleading information with the intention of inducing persons to leave Sri Lanka for foreign employment ; |
| (c) soliciting pecuniary benefits from persons whether or not any such benefit was realized ; |
| (d) the transportation of persons by sea, land or any other manner without obtaining valid travel documents ; |
| (e) receiving and harbouring persons whether in Sri Lanka or in a foreign country.". |
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