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| (1) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of this Act or of any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be punished-
| | (a) for the first offence with a fine of not less than five thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or with both such fine and imprisonment, and | | |
| | (b) for a subsequent offence committed after conviction of the first offence, with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year. | | |
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| (2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then-
| | (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director and officer of that body corporate, and | | |
| | (b) if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, | | |
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| (3) Any offence under this Act committed by the servant or agent of a trader who is the holder of a licence granted under this Act shall be deemed to be an offence committed by such trader unless such trader proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts