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3. Insertion of new section 27 in the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 26 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 27 of that enactment:-

27. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-

“Bribery Act” means the Bribery Act

(Chapter 26);

“Commission to Investigate Allegations of

Bribery or Corruption Act” means the

Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994;

“Commission to Investigate Allegations of

Bribery or Corruption” means the

Commission established by section 2 of the Commission to Investigate

Allegations of Bribery or Corruption

Act;

Commission to Investigate

Allegations of Bribery or

Corruption to seek advice or opinion of the Attorney-General.

Not to restrict the powers and functions of the

Commission to Investigate

Allegations of Bribery or

Corruption by the provisions of this Act.

“Interpretation.

Act, No. 3 of 2019

“Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law”

means the Declaration of Assets and

Liabilties Law, No. 1 of 1975;

“Director General” means the Director

General for the Prevention of Bribery and

Corruption appointed under section 16

of the Commission to Investigate

Allegations of Bribery or Corruption

Act;

“law enforcement authority” means a police officer or any other person or authority that is authorized by or under any written law to investigate into the commission of an offence.”.