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| (1) Where there is any false or incorrect information in any document furnished to the Ports Authority in regard to any port services by or on behalf of any port user and the Authority incurs any expenditure in respect of these services, it may, after due inquiry and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Act order the consignor or consignee as the case may be, to pay for that service an amount not exceeding twice the normal charge made for that service and report to the relevant authorities. Such amount may be recovered under subsection (2) as a charge due to the Ports Authority. |
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| (2) Where the owner of any goods or the owner or master of any vessel fails to pay any charges due to the Ports Authority, the Authority may institute legal proceedings for the recovery of such charges from such owner or master. |
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything in any other written law, the legal proceedings referred to in subsection (2) may be instituted by the Ports Authority any time within a period of three years from the date on which such charges became due. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts