அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
(1)
by the substitution for the words “negotiable bearer instruments” or “negotiable instruments”
wherever such words appear in that section, of the words “bearer negotiable instruments”;
(2)
by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection: -
“(1) Cash or bearer negotiable instruments seized under subsection (4) of section 24 or section 25 shall not be detained for more than five working days after seizure, unless the
High Court for the Western Province holden in Colombo, on application made to it, grants an order of continued detention for a period not exceeding three months from the date of seizure, upon being satisfied that —
(a)
there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it was derived from the commission of any unlawful activity or is intended by any person for use in the commission of an offence or in connection with an offence connected with the financing of terrorism under the
Convention on the Suppression of
Terrorist Financing Act, No. 25 of 2005; and
(b)
its continued detention is justified while its origin or derivation is further investigated.”; and
(3)
in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution for the words “be forfeited to the Consolidated
Fund.”, of the words “be forfeited to the State and credited to the Consolidated Fund.”.