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2. Amendment of section 2 of Act…

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

Section 2 of the Prevention of Money Laundering

Act, No. 5 of 2006 (in this Act referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (c) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraphs: -

“(c)

an act which constitutes an offence under this

Act, which is committed in Sri Lanka;

(d)

an act committed within any jurisdiction outside Sri Lanka which would either constitute an offence corresponding to the offence of money laundering in that jurisdiction or which would, if committed in Sri Lanka, amount to the offence of money laundering or an unlawful activity within the meaning of this Act;

(e)

a person who commits an act referred to in paragraph (d) within any jurisdiction outside

Sri Lanka; and

(f)

an act which constitutes an offence under this Act committed either wholly or partly in

Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka.”.

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