15. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 35, and shall have effect as section 35A, of the principal enactment: -
| 35A. Any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector may enter any premises used for the purposes of any trade in any place or area in which an Order under section 29 is in force and may-
| | (a) inspect any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which is found in such premises; and | | |
| | (b) seize and detain for the purpose of a prosecution for an offence under this Ordinance, any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which is found in such premises and which has not, in the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of inspection, been stamped by an inspector with the prescribed mark of verification." | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts