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2. Amendment of section 431 of Act…

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

Section 431 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,

No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows:—

(a)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “within six months” of the words

“within two months”; and

(b)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words “two thousand five hundred rupees or more.” of the words “one hundred thousand rupees or more.”.

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