5. Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| | (1) Every person who commits an offence under this Law or under any regulation made thereunder shall, on conviction after trial before a Magistrate, be liable. notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 or any other law, to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
| | (2) Where a fine imposed tinder this Law is recovered the court may direct that such to the fees payable to the local authority as is prescribed by the Minister under section 4 of this Law be paid to the fund of the local authority within the administrative limits of which the club in relation to which the offence was committed is situate.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts