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| (1) Where any person encroaches on any land which has been alienated under this Law on a permit, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (2) Proceedings under subsection (1) shall be instituted by the Government Agent of the administrative district in which the land encroached on Is situated, or by any officer authorised in that behalf by such Government Agent. |
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| (3) It shall not be open to any person who has encroached on any land under subsection (1) to assert or prove that the land does not belong to the State or question the validity of any permit issued in respect of such land. |
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| (4) A conviction under subsection (1) shall operate as an order of ejectment made under section 33 and on such conviction the Government Agent of the administrative district in which the land encroached on is situated or any other prescribed office may apply to the Magistrate under section 34 for the enforcement of such order of ejectment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts