Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2005

This Act may be cited as the Code of Criminal

Procedure (Amendment) Act, No. 21 of 2005.

Section 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,

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

by the repeal of paragraph (c) of that section; and

in paragraph (d) of that section by the substitution for the words “any two of the sentences” of the words “any of the sentences”.

Subsection (2) of section 285, sections 294, 295, 296,

297 and 298, of the principal enactment are hereby repealed.

Section 299 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for the words “ when a sentence of death or of fine or whipping with or without imprisonment is passed on an escaped convict, such sentence, if of death, fine or whipping shall subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained take effect immediately ;” of the words “when a sentence of death or of fine with or without imprisonment is passed on an escaped convict, such sentence, if of death or fine shall subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained take effect immediately ;”

Section 317 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section ; and

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for of the words “all cases except in the case referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1).” of the words

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.