10. Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment

Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) thereof by the repeal of all the words from “for the purpose of proceeding” to the end of that paragraph and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“for the purposes of a proceeding in relation to a criminal matter in the specified country or specified organization, the

Central Authority shall promptly refer such request to a competent authority or as required, to the Chief Magistrate of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court to take such evidence or to receive such documents or articles, and shall, upon receipt of such evidence, documents or articles from such Magistrate or competent authority, as the case may be, transmit the same to the appropriate authority of the specified country or specified organization.”.