26. Right of persons arrested under this Act

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

(1)

Where a person who is not a citizen of Sri Lanka is arrested for an offence under this Act, such person shall be entitled —

(a)

to communicate without delay with the nearest appropriate representative of the State of which he is a national or which is otherwise entitled to protect his rights or if he is a stateless person, with the nearest appropriate representative of the State in the territory where he was habitually resident; and

(b)

to be visited by a representative of that State.

(2)

A request under section 24 shall be deemed not to be invalidated for the purposes of any legal proceedings by reason of any failure to comply with the provisions of section 25 provided that there is sufficient compliance with those provisions to enable it to properly execute the request.

Read on from s 27