2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 136 of the Municipal Councils Ordinance (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the " principal enactment") and shall have effect as section 136A of that enactment:-
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| | (1) Any person who, within the administrative limits of the Colombo Municipal Council, operates or causes to be operated any factory which causes pollution so as to endanger or prejudice the health of the neighbourhood, shall be guilty of an offence. | | |
| | (2) Where a Magistrate after summary inquiry convicts a person of an offence under subsection (1) he shall, depending on the degree of pollution caused by such factory, make order-
| | | (a) that such person pay a fine equivalent to twice the fee payable for a license issued under the provisions of this Ordinance or any by-law made thereunder, in respect of the premises on which that factory is situated notwithstanding that such amount exceeds the amount of fine which a Magistrate may impose in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction and the amount so recovered shall be paid into the Fund of the Council; or |
| (b) that operations in such factory shall cease. |
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