Food Control (Amendment)

Food Control (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE FOOD CONTROL ACT. BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: – Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Food Control (Amendment) Act, No. 42 of 1971. Amendment of Section 9 of Chapter 171. 2. Section 9 of the Food Control Act is hereby amended, in sub-section (4) of that section, by the substitution,- (a) for the words ” fine not exceeding five hundred rupees “, of the words ” fine not less than five hundred rupees and not exceeding five thousand rupees “; and (b) for the words ” period not exceeding six months “, of the words ” period not less than six months and not exceeding two years “.