9. Insertion of new sections 360D and 360E in the principal enactment

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

The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 360C of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 360D and 360E of that enactment:—

360D. Whoever, for the purpose of placing any person in adoption—

(i)

arranges for, or assists, a child to travel to a foreign country without the consent of his parent or lawful guardian;

(ii)

obtains the consent, whether written or oral of a pregnant woman, for money or any other consideration, for the adoption of the unborn child of such woman;

(iii)

recruits a woman or a couple to bear children;

(iv)

being a person concerned with the registration of births, knowingly permits the falsification of any register used for the registration of births or any birth record contained in any such register;

(v)

engages in procuring children from hospitals, shelters for women, clinics, nurseries, day care centres or other child care institutions or welfare centres, for money or other consideration or procures a child for adoption from any such institution or centre, by intimidation of the mother or any other person; or

“Offences related to adoption.

(vi)

impersonates the mother or assists in such impersonation, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding twenty years or to a fine or to both such imprisonment and fine.”.

(2)

In this section “child” means a person under eighteen years of age.

360E. (1) Whoever, whether within Sri Lanka or from outside Sri Lanka solicits by whatever means—

(a)

a person under eighteen years of age;

(b)

any person believing such person to be under eighteen years of age, for the purpose of sexual abuse of a child, commits the offence of soliciting a child and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine, or to both such imprisonment and fine.”.

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