Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act

• Coming into Force: 01 February 2019
• Act Number: 3
• Year: 2019
• Citation: No. 3 of 2019

Contenidos

• Short title.
• Insertion of new sections 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, and 24E in Chapter 393.
• Insertion of new section 27 in the principal enactment.
• Reference to "Governor-General" to be a reference to "President".
• Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 2019.

Insertion of new sections 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, and 24E in Chapter 393.

2. The Commissions of Inquiry Act (Chapter 393) (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after section 24, of the following new sections and the new sections shall have effect as sections 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D and 24E of that enactment:- "Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption to institute Criminal proceedings.24A. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act or any other written law, where the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, on a consideration of material collected in the course of an investigation or inquiry or both an investigation and inquiry as the case may be by a Commission of Inquiry appointed under section 2, is satisfied that an offence under the following laws has been committed, it may direct the Director General to institute criminal proceedings in terms of the - (a) Bribery Act; or (b) Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law. (2) The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption may prior to the institution of proceedings under subsection (1) - (a) conduct further investigations into the commission of any offence; (b) consider material that may have been collected in the course of an investigation conducted by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption prior to the receipt of the material referred to in subsection (1); and (c) consider material the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption may have received from any other law enforcement authority. Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption to forward material collected and received to the relevant authority. 24B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act or any other written law, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption may, if it deems...