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8. Replacement of section 4D of the principal enactment

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

Section 4D of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -

4D. The High Court may, upon an application made in that behalf by a police officer not below the rank of an Assistant

Superintendent of Police, or on its own motion –

“Appointment of a Receiver etc., upon freezing.

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Convention on the Suppression of

Terrorist Financing (Amendment)

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(a)

appoint a Receiver or Special

Manager; or

(b)

direct the Proceeds of Crime

Management Authority, in terms of Part IV of the Proceeds of Crime

Act, No. 5 of 2025, to take possession of and otherwise deal with the funds, property or other assets, income, profits or instrumentalities which have been subjected to the Freezing

Order.”.