Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Act 2026 · As enacted
12. Insertion of new sections 4J and 4K in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 4I of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 4J and 4K of that enactment: -
4J. (1) Any police officer conducting an investigation under this Act may, in addition to the powers vested in such police officer by any other written law, use any investigation technique including the following when conducting the investigation: -
“Appointment of a Receiver etc., upon forfeiture.
“Special investigation techniques to be used when conducting an investigation.
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surveillance and observation;
undercover operations;
video recording;
using listening devices;
controlled deliveries; or
accessing computer data and computer systems.
A police officer not below the rank of an
Assistant Superintendent of Police may make an ex parte application in camera along with sufficient material to the Magistrate’s Court for an order for the purposes of paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subsection (1).
A police officer not below the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police may make an application in writing to the
Magistrate for a warrant authorizing the covert monitoring of any conduct and recording of any communication if an officer conducting investigations under this Act has reasonable grounds to suspect or believe that a person has committed, or is committing or is about to commit an offence under this Act.
It shall be the duty of the officer making the application under subsection (2) to ensure the protection and preservation of information received or collected by the officer conducting the investigation.
4K.
Establishment of a joint investigation team
If the circumstances of the case so justify, a joint investigation team may be established for a specific period by an agreement between the Sri Lanka Police and any other authority empowered to conduct investigations, in Sri Lanka or in any other
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jurisdiction, as may be determined by the
Sri Lanka Police for the purpose of conducting an investigation into -
an offence under section 3; or
an act alleged to have been committed in any jurisdiction outside
Sri Lanka which would either constitute an offence corresponding to an offence referred to in section 3 in that jurisdiction or which would, if committed in Sri Lanka, amount to an offence referred to in section 3.
Any evidence or material obtained during a joint investigation may be used by the court, when the persons who were investigated are tried before such court.”.