4.The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 31, and shall have effect as sections 31A, 31B, 31C and 31 D, of the principal enactment;"
| 31A. Any person who without lawful authority makes the official inscription property of on any article which is of the Sri Lanka Railways shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| 31B. Any person who with intent to conceal any article which is the property of the Sri Lanka Railways, alters, defaces, obliterates or in any other manner causes the official inscription to disappear from such article shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| 31C. Any person who without lawful excuse receives, possesses or keeps, sells or delivers any article bearing the official inscription shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, with a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| 31D. In any prosecution where the question is whether any article which bears the official inscription is the property of the Sri Lanka Railways or not, a certificate under the hand of the General Manager or any officer specially authorized by him in writing to that behalf shall be prima facie evidence of that fact that the article is the property of the Sri Lanka Railways. ". |
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