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6. Amendment of section 333 of the principal enactment

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

Section 333 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (5) thereof, by the substitution for the words “received into prison under the sentence.”, of the following:-

“received into prison under the sentence:

Provided that, the Court of Appeal may, in appropriate cases, order that the time spent by an appellant in custody pending the determination of his appeal and any time spent in custody prior to the conviction, such time not having been considered as part of his sentence passed at the time of his conviction by the court of first instance, be considered as part of his sentence ordered at the conclusion of his appeal.”.