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2023 Revised Edition
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Chapter XIXA · Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption

156A. Commission to investigate bribery or corruption

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(1)

Parliament shall by law provide for the establishment of a Commission to investigate allegations of bribery or corruption. Such law shall provide for -

(a)

the appointment of the members of the

Commission by the President on the recommendation of the

Constitutional

Council;

(b)

the powers of the Commission, including the power to direct the holding of a preliminary inquiry or the making of an investigation into an allegation of bribery or corruption, whether of its own motion or on a complaint made to it, and the power to institute prosecutions for offences under the law in force relating to bribery or corruption; and

(c)

measures to implement the United Nations

Convention Against Corruption and any other

International Convention relating to the prevention of corruption, to which Sri Lanka is a party.

(2)

Until Parliament so provides, the Commission to investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No.

19 of 1994 shall apply, subject to the modification that it shall be lawful for the Commission appointed under that

Act, to inquire into, or investigate, an allegation of bribery or corruption, whether on its own motion or on a written complaint made to it.

170 - Chapters XIX A and XIX B Inserted by the Twenty First Amendment to the

Constitution Sec. 28.

Chapter XIXB

National Procurement Commission

Read on from Chapter XIXB

Chapter XX

General

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Chapter XXI

Transitional Provisions

Read on from Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Interpretation

Read on from Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Repeal

Read on from Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Promulgation of the Constitution

Read on from Chapter XXIV

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