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| (1) On the conviction of an employer for an offence under section 7 in respect of any workman, such employer shall be liable-
| | (a) to pay, in addition to any punishment that may be imposed on such employer under that section, a fine of fifty rupees for each day on which the failure is continued after conviction thereof; and | | |
| | (b) to pay such workman the remuneration and such-other benefits which would have been payable to him if he had been in employment on such day and on each day of the period commencing on the date on which he should have been employed according to the provisions of section 6 and ending on the date of conviction of such employer. | | |
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| (2) Any sum which an employer is liable to pay under paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) may be recovered on the order of the court by which the employer was convicted as if it were a fine imposed on him by that court, and the amount recovered shall be paid to the workman. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts