International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Act 2018 · As enacted
15. Obligations concerning deprivation of liberty
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
No person shall be held in secret detention.
Any person deprived of liberty shall have the right to communicate with and be visited by his relatives, attorney-at-law or any other person of his choice, subject only to the conditions established by written law.
Law enforcement authorities, and the Human Rights
Commission of Sri Lanka, shall have access to the places where persons are deprived of liberty.
Law enforcement authorities shall assure the compilation and maintenance of up-to-date official registers or records of persons deprived of liberty, which shall be promptly made available, upon request, to any judicial or other competent authority or institution authorized for that purpose by the law, and shall contain -
the identity of the person deprived of liberty;
the date, time and place where the person was deprived of liberty and the identity of the authority that deprived the person of liberty;
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the authority that ordered the deprivation of liberty and the grounds for the deprivation of liberty;
the authority responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty;
the place of deprivation of liberty, the date and time of admission to the place of deprivation of liberty and the authority responsible for the place of deprivation of liberty;
information relating to the state of health of the person deprived of liberty;
in the event of death during the deprivation of liberty, the circumstances and cause of death and the destination of the remains; and
the date and time of release or transfer to another place of deprivation of liberty, the destination of the place of deprivation of liberty to which a person is transferred, and the authority responsible for the transfer.