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Chapter X · Offences and Penalties

107. Offences to be cognizable offences and court in which action for offences may be filed

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(1)

All offences under this Act shall be cognizable offences for the purpose of the application of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979.

(2)

No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act or any regulation or rule made thereunder, except with the sanction of the Attorney-General.

(3)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 or any other written law, an action in respect of any offence committed under this Act shall, on the determination of the Attorney-General, be filed in the Magistrates Court of Colombo or upon an indictment in the High Court of Sri Lanka holden in the

Judicial Zone of Colombo, as the case may be, and on conviction the Court shall impose the punishment as set out in this Act, for the commission of that offence.

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