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Part I · Part i

74. Protection of whistleblowers

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Where a public official or an employee of a private sector entity-

(a)

provides information to his superior officer that an offence under this Act has been committed or is being committed or is likely to be committed in or in connection with the public institution or the private sector entity or any person, as the case may be, in which he is employed; and

(b)

at the time such person provides information he believes on reasonable grounds that the information he provides is true and is of such a nature as to warrant an investigation under this Act, such public official or the employee of a private sector entity

(hereinafter reffered to as a “whistleblower”) shall not be subject to any civil or criminal liability as a result of providing such information.

(2)

Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence under this Act and on conviction by the High Court be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Read on from s 75

Part II

Declaration of Assets and Liabilities

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Part III

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Part IV

General

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Part V

Transitional Provisions and Savings

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Schedules