70. Not to charge or prosecute accomplices

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

During any stage of the investigation or at any time before the conclusion of the trial of a person charged with bribery under the provisions of Part III of this Act, the

Commission may, with the view of obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to the offence by writing under its hand authorize any Magistrate named therein not to charge or prosecute such person on condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relating to the offence and to every other person concerned whether as principal or as abettor in the commission thereof.

(2)

The Magistrate shall record, in the manner specified in the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, the evidence on oath of every person referred to in subsection (1)

and transmit the record to the Commission.

(3)

Every person referred to in subsection (1) shall be examined as a witness in the case.

(4)

Such person if not on bail, shall be detained in custody until the termination of the trial.

(5)

Where a person referred to in subsection (1) has willfully concealed anything essential or has given false evidence, he may be tried for the offence in respect of which he was charged with or for any other offence of which he appears to have been guilty in connection with the same matter.

(6)

The statement made by a person referred to in subsection (1) may be given in evidence against him when he is tried as stated in subsection (5).

Read on from s 71

Part II

Declaration of Assets and Liabilities

Read on from Part II

Part III

Read on from Part III

Part IV

General

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Transitional Provisions and Savings

Read on from Part V