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 nearest 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; and

to be visited by a representative of that State.