Anti-Corruption Act 2023 · As enacted · Part I · Part i
30. Protection for actions
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
No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be instituted against a member of the Commission, the Director-General or any officer or employee of the Commission, or any other person whose services are retained under section 27
or against any other person assisting the Commission in any way, other than for contempt, for any act which is done or omitted to be done, in good faith by him in his capacity as such member of the Commission, Director-General, officer or employee of the Commission, a person whose services are retained under section 27 or a person assisting the
Commission, in the execution of their duties.
A member of the Commission or the Director-General or any officer or employee of the Commission or any person whose services are retained under section 27 shall not be required to produce in any court, any document received by, or to disclose to any court, any matter or thing, coming to the notice of the Commission in the course of any investigation conducted by the Commission under this Act, except as may be necessary for the purposes of proceedings before a court of law for contempt or for an offence under this Act or for an offence under Chapter XI of the Penal Code (Chapter 19).
No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be instituted in any court against any member of the Commission in respect of any report made by the Commission under this Act or against any other person in respect of the publication by such person of a substantially true account of such report.
Part II
Declaration of Assets and Liabilities
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Part IV
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