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Part II · Rights and Entitlements of Victims of Crime and Witnesses

6. Persons to be entitled to protection in certain circumstances

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

A person who is neither a victim nor a witness, shall be entitled to claim protection against :

(a)

any harassment, intimidation, coercion, violation or suffering from loss or damage in mind, body or reputation ; or

Assistance to and Protection of Victims of

(b)

any adverse change to his condition of employment, due to or as a result of such person having provided information, lodged a complaint or made a statement to any law enforcement authority or to any Court or

Commission or of having given a testimony in any Court or before a Commission, pertaining to the commission of an offence or an infringement of any fundamental right or the violation of a human right, at such persons’ place of employment or in the employment environment of such person.

Read on from s 7

Part III

Offences Against Victims of Crime and Witnesses

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Establishment of the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Entitlement of a Victim of Crime or Witness to Obtain Protection

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Compensation

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

Testimony Through Audio-Visual Linkage

Read on from Part VIII

Part IX

General

Read on from Part IX

Schedules