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12. Government to take measures to prevent offences

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

The Government of Sri Lanka shall take appropriate measures to prevent any person or group of persons from committing or encouraging, instigating, organizing or knowingly financing the commission of an offence under this

Act, or of an offence specified in the Schedule to this Act, whether in or outside Sri Lanka.