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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES
(AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 2 OF 2015
[Certified on 02nd March, 2015]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of March 06, 2015
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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) 1
Act, No. 2 of 2015
[Certified on 02nd March, 2015]
L.D.—O. 36/2014.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FISHERIES AND AQUATICRESOURCES
ACT, NO. 2 OF 1996
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the Fisheries and Aquatic Short title.
Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015.
2. Section 49 of the Fisherise and Aquatic Resources Amendment of
Act, No. 2 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal section 49 of
Act, No. 2 of
enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection
1996.
(2A) of that section and the substitution therefor of the
following subsection:—
“(2A) Any person who contravenes or fails to
comply with the provisions of sections 14A or 14F of
this Act shall commit an offence and shall on
conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be
liable to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding
two years or to a fine not less than the amounts
specified in Column II of the Schedule hereto which
shall be determined by taking into consideration the
length of the fishing boat specified in corresponding
entry in the Column I of the Schedule:—
SCHEDULE
Column I Column II
Length of a boat Fines
10.3 to less than 15 meters Rupees 1.5 Million
15 to less than 24 meters Rupees 5 Million
24 to less than 45 meters Rupees 75 Million
45 to 75 meters Rupees 120 Million
more than 75 meters Rupees 150 Million”
2—PL 008753—2,900 (01/2015)
2 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment)
Act, No. 2 of 2015
Insertion of new 3. The following new section is hereby inserted
section 52A in
the principal immediately after section 52 and shall have effect as section
enactment. 52A of the principal enactment:—
“Magistrate’s 52A. Notwithstanding anything to the
Court to
contrary contained in section 11 and section
have
jurisdiction 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No.
notwithstanding 15 of 1979, the Magistrate’s Court shall have
the
provisions of the jurisdiction to try offences specified in this
the Code of Act, and to impose any fine as provided for
Criminal such offences in this Act.”.
Procedure
Act.
Sinhala text to 4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala
prevail in case and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
of any
inconsistency.
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) 3
Act, No. 2 of 2015
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