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Part VII · Tracing Proceeds of Crime and Enforcement of Orders

20. Requests by Sri Lanka for enforcement of orders of court

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Where—

(a)

a court in Sri Lanka has, in a proceeding relating to a criminal matter, made an order—

(i)

forfeiting any property or having the effect of forfeiting or confiscating any property ;

(ii)

imposing a fine or other pecuniary penalty on any person or requiring that person to pay compensation to any other person ;

(iii)

restraining any person or all persons from dealing with any property ; and

(b)

the Central Authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the property with respect to which such order is made or the property available to satisfy such order is located in a specified country, the Central Authority may, in his discretion, request the appropriate authority of such specified country to make arrangements for the enforcement of such order in such specified country.

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