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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

18. Fund of the Authority and its financial year

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

(1)

The Authority shall have its own Fund.

(2)

There shall be credited to the Fund of the Authority:—

(a)

all such sums of money as may be voted from time to time by Parliament for the use of the

Authority; and

(b)

all such sums of money as may be received by the Authority by way of donations, gifts, bequests and grants from sources within or outside Sri Lanka.

(3)

All sums of money required to defray expenditure incurred by the Authority in the exercise and performance of its duties and functions under this Act, shall be paid out of the Fund of the Authority.

(4)

The Board shall cause proper accounts to be kept of the receipts and expenditure, assests and liabilities and all other transactions of the Authority.

(5)

The financial year of the Authority shall be the calendar year.

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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