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Part III · Miscellaneous

36. Offences under this Act, not to be political offences &c., for the purposes of the Extradition Law

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

Notwithstanding anything in the Extradition Law,

No. 8 of 1977, an offence specified in the Schedule to that

Law and in this Act, shall for the purposes of that law be deemed not to be an offence of a political character or an offence connected with a political offence or an offence inspired by political motives, for the purposes only of the extradition of any person accused or convicted of any such offence, as between the Government of Sri Lanka and any requesting State, or of affording assistance to a requesting

State under section 35.