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Part IX · Compensation and Interim Awards

67. Authority may make an interim award of money in exceptional circumstances

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

(1)

The Authority may consider paying an interim award of money to a victim of crime in exceptional circumstances in the case of a serious offence, on the recommendation of the Advisory Board as set out in section 69.

(2)

The interim award referred to in subsection (1) may be made, depending on the availability of resources-

(a)

on the application of a victim of crime or any other person on his behalf, as provided for in section 68;

and

(b)

irrespective of the final outcome of the proceedings relating to the offence alleged to have been committed.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, a “serious offence”

means an offence which is punishable with a sentence of minimum of five years of imprisonment, with or without a fine.

Read on from s 68

Part X

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Part XI

Finance

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Part XII

General

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