9. Section 45 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:"
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| | (1) Every person who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment, notwithstanding that the fine exceeds the amount of fine which a Magistrate may impose in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction. | | |
| | (2) Upon the conviction of any person for an offence, the Magistrate may, in addition to any punishment which he may impose"
| | | (a) where the offence is a contravention of section 15, section 16, section 16A, section 19, section 20, section 43 and section 44, order that the made tea or green tea leaf in respect of which the offence was committed, be forfeited to the State; and |
| (b) where the offence is a contravention of section 16A, order that the vehicle in which the made tea or green tea leaf was transported or attempted to be transported, be forfeited to the State. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts