Section 12A: Activities on public beach
This section is inserted by Act No 8 of 2022, section 11.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12A. Activities on public beach
(1) No person shall –
(a) carry out an activity on a public beach
without the authorisation of the Authority;
(b) trade on a public beach without a beach
trader’s licence;
(c) erect a structure or display a sign, or cause
to be erected a structure or a sign to be
displayed, on any public beach without
the authorisation of the Authority.
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Authority
may, to ensure the security and safety of users of public
beaches, prohibit the carrying out of an activity, or the
erection of a structure or display of a sign, on a public beach.
(3) An application for an authorisation or a beach
trader’s licence under subsection (1) shall be made in such
form and manner as may be prescribed.
(4) The Authority may grant or reject an application.
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1)
shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to
pay a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 2 years.
PART IIB – ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF AUTHORITY