6. Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
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| (b) by the insertion, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of that section, of the following new subsection: -
| | " (2) Where the holder of a licence issued under section 3 makes an application for a renewal of such licence, the Government Agent may refuse to renew such licence, if he is of the opinion that such holder has, during any period preceding such application, and in relation to his business as a pawnbroker, dealt in practices which are contrary to the spirit and purposes of the provisions of this Ordinance.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts