Anti-Corruption Act 2023 · As enacted · Part IV · General
154. Extradition
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The Extradition Law No. 8 of 1977 is hereby amended in Schedule to that Law, by the addition immediately after item ……… of the items appearing immediately before Part B of that Schedule, of the following item: —
“( ) An offence covered by the Anti-Corruption
Act, No 9 of 2023;”.
Where there is an extradition arrangement made by the
Government of Sri Lanka with any State in force on the date on which this Act comes into operation, such arrangement shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Extradition Law, No.
8 of 1977, to include provision for extradition in respect of the offences under this Act.
Where there is no extradition arrangement made by the Government of Sri Lanka with any State, the Commission may, by Order published in the Gazette, treat the United
Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), for the purposes of the Extradition Law, No. 8 of 1977, as an extradition arrangement made by the Government of Sri
Lanka with that State, providing for extradition in respect of the offences specified in this Act.
Where a request is made to the Government of Sri
Lanka by or on behalf of the Government of another State for the extradition of any person accused or convicted of an offence under this Act, the Commission shall, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, forthwith notify the
Government of the requesting State, of the measures the
Government of Sri Lanka has taken, or proposes to take, for the prosecution or extradition of that person for that offence.
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