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| (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then,-
| | (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director and officer of that body corporate ; or | | |
| | (b) if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts