4. Section 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 4 ; and [ยง 2, 23 of 1966.] |
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| (b) in renumbered subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for all the words from " and shall be " to the end of that subsection, of the following : - |
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| (c) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following subsections : -
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" (2) On the conviction of an employer under subsection (1) of an offence in respect of any worker, the court may, in addition to any other sentence, order the employer to pay such sum as may be found by the court to represent the difference between the amount which ought properly to have been paid to that worker and the amount actually paid and a sum equal to ten per centum of the sum which represents such difference, or, if no portion of the wages due to that worker has been paid, to pay such sum as may be found by the court to represent such wages and a sum equal to ten per centum of the sum which represents such wages. Any sum ordered to be paid under this subsection may be recovered in the same manner as a fine. | | |
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(3) The power of the court to make an order under subsection (2) for the payment of any sum of money shall not be in derogation of any right of the worker to recover that sum by any other proceedings. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts