Anti-Corruption Act 2023 · As enacted · Part I · Part i
61. Joint investigations
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
If the circumstances of the case so justify, a joint investigation team may be formed for a specific period by an agreement between the Commission and any other investigative authority in Sri Lanka as may be determined by the Commission for the purpose of conducting an investigation into an alleged offence referred to in section 41.
The Commission may also establish joint investigation teams in relation to the following, where a request has been made by a foreign State:-
matters falling under bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements to which Sri Lanka and the other foreign State are parties; or
in the absence of such agreements or arrangements, on a case-by-case basis.
A Joint investigation team under the provisions of this section may be established when-
any person or body of persons assigned with the duties of investigation, law enforcement, regulatory tasks, prosecutions and involving in judicial proceedings on the same subject matter, which requires coordinated and harmonized actions by the agencies or States involved in the investigation;
and
for the purposes of subsection (2), investigative actions have to be carried out in Sri Lanka and the other foreign State simultaneously.
Information obtained during joint investigations may be used by competent courts, where the persons who were been investigated are tried in such courts.
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