Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
2. Replacement of section 442 of Act…
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 442 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,
No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
442. If any person affected by a judgment or final order of a criminal court desires to have a copy of the judgment or the final order or any deposition or other part of the record, he shall on applying for such copy, be furnished therewith by the court, upon payment therefor, of a fee determined from time to time by the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister assigned the subject of
Justice, by Notification published in the
Gazette, unless the court for some special reason thinks fit to furnish it free of cost:
Provided however, the complainant and every accused person of the respective case shall be furnished with one certified copy each, of the judgment or final order of the record, free of cost.”.
“Copies of a judgment or final order or any deposi-tion or other part of record