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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LICENSING OF SHIPPING AGENTS ACT, No. 10 OF 1972
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :
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[25th March
, 1982 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 1982.
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Insertion of new section 13A in Act No.10 of 1972
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2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 13 of the Licensing of Shipping Agents Act, No. 10 of 1972, and shall have effect as section 13A of that Act :
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“Shipping liable for offences of employer or servant .
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13A. Where any offence under this Act is committed by any employee or servant of any shipping agent while being engaged in the business of such agent, such offence shall be deemed to have been committed by such shipping agent unless he proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge. “.
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