11. Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor : -
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| | (1) Any person who, being an employer,-
| | | (a) acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder, or |
| (b) makes or causes to be made any statement which he knows to be false in any return or information which is required under this Ordinance or a regulation made thereunder and which is furnished by him or caused by him to be furnished, or |
| (c) makes or causes to be made any entry which he knows to be false in any record, register or book which is maintained by him under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, or |
| (d) hinders, obstructs or molests any officer in the exercise or performance of the powers or duties conferred or imposed on that officer by this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, |
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| | (2) On the conviction of any employer for the offence of failing to pay maternity benefits to any woman worker in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the court may, in addition to any other sentence, order the employer to pay such sum as may be found by the court to be due as such benefits to such worker. Any sum ordered to be paid under this subsection may be recovered in the same manner as a fine.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts