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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
OFFENSIVE WEAPONS (AMENDMENT)
ACT, No. 2 OF 2011
[Certified on 28th January, 2011]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of January 28, 2011
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Offensive Weapons (Amendment) 1
Act, No. 2 of 2011
[Certified on 28th January, 2011]
L.D.—O. 24/2010.
ANACT TOAMEND THE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
ACT, NO. 18 OF 1966
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the Offensive Weapons Short title.
(Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2011.
2. Section 10 of the Offensive Weapons Act, No. 18 of Replacement of
1966 is hereby repealed and following section substituted section 10 of
Act, No. 18 of
therefor:—
1966.
“Offences 10. No person charged with, or accused of,
under this an offence under this Act, shall be released on
Act to be
bail except on the order of the High Court of
non-bailable
except on the the Province established under Article 154P of
order of the the Constitution, for such Province.”.
High Court
of the
Province.
3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to
and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. prevail in case
of inconsistency.
2—PL 005313—4,090 (11/2010)

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