9. Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following new subsection;"
| "(1) Any person who knowingly defaces, marks on, mutilates, or causes damage to any record, manuscript or document deposited in the National Archives or removes without authority, any such record, manuscript or document or who destroys any public record otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Law or any regulation made thereunder or who contravenes any provision of this Law or any regulations made thereunder shall on conviction, be liable to rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts