142. Request by Sri Lanka to competent authorities of other countries

Subject to administrative requirements, it shall be lawful for a Designated Officer to, for the purposes of achieving the objects of this Act, seek and obtain assistance from administrative, law enforcement and judicial competent authorities of other countries the following:-

assistance for tracing, identification, search, detection and examination of property suspected to be proceeds of crime and for other investigational purposes;

assistance for gathering evidence including documents, witness statements, reports, and other material including samples and specimens;

assistance to locate and identify witnesses, documents, records, and suspected proceeds of crime;

assistance to facilitate the interview and recording of statements of witnesses either in person or through a contemporaneous audio-visual link. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Assistance to and the Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses Act, the remote location of such interview may take place at the office of the relevant administrative, law enforcement or judicial competent authority;

requests for seizure, judicial freezing and forfeiture and return to Sri Lanka proceeds of crime or value thereof;

transmission, service and enforcement of judicial orders made by Sri Lankan courts in foreign countries;

cooperation for post-conviction and non-conviction based forfeiture proceedings and related matters;

service of summons, other processes of court and assistance to procure the attendance of witnesses at judicial proceedings held in Sri Lanka ;

assistance with regard to the conduct of investigations jointly with foreign administrative and law enforcement authorities and related counterparts;

any other matter in respect of which assistance is required for the purposes of achieving the objectives of this Act including ensuing and further related assistance on an initial request.