Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015

PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 2 OF 2015 Printed on the Order of Government [Certified on 02nd March, 2015] PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA TO BE PURCHASED AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BUREAU, COLOMBO 5 Price : Rs. 6.00 Postage : Rs. 20.00 Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of March 06, 2015 1Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015 2—PL 008753—2,900 (01/2015) Short title. [Certified on 02nd March, 2015] L.D.—O. 36/2014. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES 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 Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015. 2. Section 49 of the Fisherise and Aquatic Resources Act, No. 2 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (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” Amendment of section 49 of Act, No. 2 of 1996. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015 2 Sinhala text to prevail in case of any inconsistency. Insertion of new section 52A in the principal enactment. 3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 52 and shall have effect as section 52A of the principal enactment:— 52A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section 11 and section 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, the Magistrate’s Court shall have the jurisdiction to try offences specified in this Act, and to impose any fine as provided for such offences in this Act.”. 4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. “Magistrate’s Court to have jurisdiction notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act. 3Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2015 Annual subscription of English Bills and Acts of the Parliament Rs. 885 (Local), Rs. 1,180 (Foreign), Payable to the SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, NO. 163, KIRULAPONA MAWATHA, POLHENGODA, COLOMBO 05 before 15th December each year in respect of the year following.