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Part IX · Victims Of Crime Reparation Trust Fund

135. Duties of the Trust Fund

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

Duties of the Trustees of the Trust Fund shall be -

(a)

identification and appointment of suitable persons to implement the formulated activity, having regard to the following:-

(i)

institutions of the state and non-state institutions that may be capable of efficaciously implementing such activity;

(ii)

obtaining the services of such implementing agency on terms most favourable; and

(iii)

ensuring that the assigned funds are not subjected to any further unlawful activity and the assigned activities are implemented in a transparent manner;

(b)

for the purpose of obtaining the services of a competent implementing agency on terms most favourable call for expression of interests and tenders;

(c)

entering into memoranda of understanding with state agencies pertaining to implementation of the formulated activities and entering into contracts with non-state agencies pertaining to the same;

(d)

allocation of funds for the implementation of activities, monitoring work progress and supervision;

(e)

carry out any other activity that may be necessary for the purposes of giving effect to the objectives of the Trust Fund;

(f)

to obtain the services of officials of the General

Treasury to assist the Trust Fund to give effect to the objectives of the Trust Fund and the duties of the Trustees;

(g)

to establish and maintain an account within the Consolidated Fund and maintain annual financial statement;

(h)

to disclose all information on the implementation of reparatory, developmental and welfare activities and their progress be quarterly on the official website of the Trust Fund;

(i)

to cause auditing of the accounts including the annual audits of the Trust Fund by the Auditor-General; and

(j)

submit to Parliament an annual report and publish such annual report in its website.

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