5. Rights of certain persons arrested for offences under this Act

Where a person who is not a citizen of Sri Lanka is arrested for an offence under this Act, such person shall be entitled -

to communicate without delay, with the appropriate representative of the State of which he is a national or which is otherwise entitled to protect his rights, or if he is a stateless person, with the nearest appropriate representative of the State in the territory of which he was habitually resident;

to be visited by a representative of that State; and

to be informed of his rights under paragraphs (a) and (b)