70.
| (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law no person, institution, corporation or professional or other body, other than the University of Ceylon established under this Act or the Buddha Sravaka Dharmapithaya established under Act No. 16 of 1968, shall grant or confer on any person or persons any degree or academic distinction whatsoever: |
|
| (2) Where there is a contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) by any person, institution or body of persons, such person or the governing authority, proprietor, director or other person or persons responsible for the management of such body or institution shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty rupees. |
|
|
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts