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Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act 2023 · As enacted · Part V · Establishment of the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses

39. National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses

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

(1)

There shall be established an authority which shall be called the National Authority for the Protection of

Victims of Crime and Witnesses (in this Act referred to as the

“Authority”).

(2)

The Authority shall, by the name assigned to it by subsection (1), be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in that name.

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Part VI

Appointment of the Director-General and Staff of the Authority

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Part VII

Victims of Crime and Witnesses Assistance and Protection Division

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Part VIII

The Assistance and Protection Programme for Victims of Crime and Witnesses

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Part IX

Compensation and Interim Awards

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Part X

Testimony Through Contemporaneous Audio-Visual Linkage

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Part XI

Finance

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Part XII

General

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