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Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act 2015 · As enacted · Part IV · Establishment of the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses

11. 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 have a common seal, and may sue and be sued in such name.

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Part V

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Part VI

Entitlement of a Victim of Crime or Witness to Obtain Protection

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Part VII

Compensation

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Part VIII

Testimony Through Audio-Visual Linkage

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Part IX

General

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