1. Short title and date of operation

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

This Act may be cited as the Suppression of Unlawful

Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, No. 42

of 2000 and shall come into operation on such date as the

Minister, by Order published in the Gazette, certifies as the date on which the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful

Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation adopted in

Rome on March 10, 1988, (hereinafter referred to as “the

Convention”) enters into force in respect of Sri Lanka.

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