13. Investigations of offences,
கருத்துகள் மற்றும் உதவிஅதிகாரப்பூர்வ ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பு. சிங்கள அல்லது தமிழ் உரையிலிருந்து வேறுபடும் இடங்களில் எந்த உரை மேலோங்கும் என்பதைச் சட்டமே குறிப்பிடுகிறது.
A Provincial Division of the Sri Lanka Police
Force shall be responsible for thé prevention, detection and investigation of all offences, other than offences specified in the Schedule to Appendix I of List I of the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, within the Province, and subject to the powers of the Attorney-General under the Code of
Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, the institution of prosecutions in the relevant courts in respect of such offences
:
Provided that any such offence may be investigated by the National Division of the Sri Lanka National Police—
where the Chief Minister of the Province requests that the investigation of such offence be conducted by the National Division
; or
.
where the Inspector-General of Police is of the opinion that investigation of such offence by the
National Division is necessary in the public interest and directs, after consultation with the Chief
Minister of the Province and with the approval of the Attorney-General, that such offence be ‘investi-gated by the National Division, ~
The National Division of the Sri Lanka Police Force shall be responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of all offences specified in the Schedule to
Appendix I of List I of the Ninth Schedule to the Consti-tution, and sobject to the powers of the Attorney-General under the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 45 of 1979, for the institution of prosecutions in the relevant courts in respect of such offences.
It shall be the duty of the Deputy Inspector-General of a Province to notify the Inspector-General of Police, of prosecutions instituted in any court, by the Provincial
Division of that Frvince, in respect of any offence other than an offence specified in the Schedule to Appendix I of
List I of-the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution.