32. Amendment of section 193 of the principal enactment

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

Section 193 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “writing to do so.”, of the words and figure “writing to do so and complies with the order referred to in subsection (1).”;

(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection: -

“(2A) (a) Where any person makes a request for compounding an offence, such person shall undertake to withdraw any appeal filed by him and any ground of appeal contained in such appeal, insofar as such appeal or such ground relates to the offence sought to be compounded.

(b)

Where an appeal contains grounds relating to the offence sought to be compounded and grounds relating to other matters under this Act, the undertaking referred to in paragraph (a) shall apply only to the grounds relating to the offence sought to be compounded, and the appeal may continue in respect of the grounds relating to other matters.”; and

(3)

by the addition immediately after subsection (7) of that section, of the following new subsections: -

“(8) The Commissioner-General may specify the fee to be charged, when making a request for compounding an offence under this section.

(9)

The Commissioner-General shall not compound an offence under this section, if such offence is directly related to, or connected with an offence under any other written law, or an investigation conducted by any law enforcement agency.”.

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