17. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 153, and shall have effect as section 153A, of the principal enactment:
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| | (1) Where any person contravenes any by-law made under subsection (9) of section 157, and where such person has not been previously convicted under section 153, the Chairman shall compound such offence, if so requested by the offender, for a sum of money equal to one-fourth of the maximum fine imposable for such offence under section 153, and where a prosecution has been entered against any such offender, the Chairman shall compound such offence at any time before judgment with the consent of court. | | |
| | (2) Any sum of money accepted by the Chairman under subsection (1) shall be credited to the Fund of the Council. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts