24. Amendment of section 78 of the principal enactment,

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

Section 78 of the principal enactment as amended by

Law No. 38 of 1974 is hereby further amended as follows :—

(i)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the. substitution therefor of the following new subsection :—

“(1) No Magistrate’s Court shall entertain any prosecution for an offence under this Act except ag ne eh ee

Amendment by or with the written sanction of the ‘Bribery

Commissioner or an officer authorized by him’ in that behalf.”

; and

(ii)

in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution, for the expression “a District Court”, of the expression “a Court”.

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