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3. Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment

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

Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the words and figures “under section 325(1) of the Criminal

Procedure Code, the Magistrate shall, notwithstanding anything in section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code”, of the words and figures, “under section 306 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure Act, No.15 of 1979, the Magistrate shall, notwithstanding anything in section 185 of that Act,”.