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| (1) Any person who forges or counterfeits or uses, sells, offers for sale, disposes of, or has in his possession, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeited, any banderol purporting to be issued by the Director shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) In any proceedings in which the genuineness of any banderol is in question, a certificate under the hand of the Government Printer to the effect that such banderol is spurious shall be received in all courts of law as conclusive evidence of the spuriousness of such banderol. |
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| (3) The Government Printer who issues a certificate under subsection (2) shall not be examined or cross- examined with respect to any such certificate. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts