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Part V

159. Expenses in suit or prosecution to be paid out of the Fund

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

(1)

Any expense incurred by the Productivity

Commission in any suit or prosecution brought by or against the Productivity Commission before any court or tribunal, shall be paid out of the Fund of the Productivity Commission and any costs paid to, or recovered by the Productivity

Commission in any such suit or prosecution shall be credited to the Fund of the Productivity Commission.

(2)

Any expense incurred by any member of the

Productivity Commission, the Executive Director or any officer or employee of the Productivity Commission in any suit or prosecution brought against such person before any court or tribunal in respect of any act which is done or is purported to be done by such person under the provisions of this Part or on the direction of the Productivity Commission shall, if the court or tribunal holds that such act was done in good faith, be paid out of the Fund of the Productivity

Commission, unless such expense is recovered by such person in such suit or prosecution.