Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2006 · As enacted
2. Amendment of section 2 of Chapter 19
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
Section 2 of the Penal Code (Chapter 19) (hereinafter referred to as “the principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—
in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for all the words from “for every act or omission” to the end of that subsection, of the following :—
“for every act or omission committed—
wholly or partly within Sri Lanka ;
within the territorial waters or air space of Sri
Lanka ;
on board any ship or aircraft registered in Sri
Lanka, wherever it may be at the time of the commission of such act or such ommission ;
within the premises of a Sri Lankan mission or the residence of the Head of such mission, diplomatic agent or any other member of such mission, situated outside Sri Lanka ; or
within any premises occupied on behalf of, or under the control of, the Government of Sri
Lanka, or any statutory body established in
Sri Lanka and situated outside Sri Lanka, contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty.”
by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—
“(2) A national of Sri Lanka shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise, for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, committed outside Sri Lanka of which he shall be guilty, whether or not such national enjoys diplomatic immunity in respect of such act or omission, which is granted by a foreign State by reason of his diplomatic status in such State.”;
by the substitution, for the marginal note to that section, of the following marginal note :—
“Liability for offences under the Code.”;