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| (1) If the master or owner of a Ceylon ship does anything or permits anything to be done, or carries or permits to be carried any papers or documents with intent-
the ship shall be subject to forfeiture under this Act.
| | (a) to conceal the Ceylon character of the ship from any person entitled by the law of Ceylon to inquire into such matter; | | |
| | (b) to assume a foreign character; or | | |
| | (c) to deceive any person so entitled as aforesaid, | | |
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| (2) If the master of such ship commits or is privy to the commission of the offence in sub-section (1) he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts