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| (1) During the period commencing from the date of publication of the Proclamation under section 2 and ending on the day following the day on which a poll is taken at a Referendum, no person shall, for the purpose of promoting a Referendum, display
| | (a) in any premises, whether public or private, any flag or banner; or | | |
| | (b) any handbill, placard, poster, drawing, notice, symbol or sign on any place to which the public have a right of, or are granted, access except in or on any premises on any day on which a meeting to promote the Referendum is due to be held in that premises ; | | |
| | (c) any handbill, placard, poster, drawing, notice, symbol, sign, flag or banner, on or across any public road; or | | |
| | (d) any handbill, placard, poster, drawing, notice, symbol or sign in or on any vehicle. | | |
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| (2) Every person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (3) Every person who attempts to commit an offence specified in this section shall be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offence. |
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| (4) Every offence under this section shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979. |
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| (5) Any police officer may take such steps, and use such. force, as may be reasonably necessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of subsection, (1) and may seize and remove any handbill, placard, poster, notice, drawing, symbol, sign, flag or banner used in contravention. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts