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16. Replacement of section 17 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:–

17. Where–

(a)

a person has been charged with, or convicted of, or is suspected on reasonable grounds of having committed a serious offence in a specified country;

Request by a specified country or specified organization for identifying

&c. of bribery of a foreign official.

Request by

Sri Lanka for identifying

&c. of bribery of a foreign official.

“Request by a specified country or specified organization for tracing proceeds of crime.

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

(b)

there are reasonable grounds to believe that any property derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, from the commission of that offence, is in Sri Lanka, and the appropriate authority requests assistance from the Central Authority, the Central

Authority may require the relevant law enforcement authority to provide assistance to identify, locate a person or assist in assessing the value of the property.”.

Read on from s 17