Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment)

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-

1.This Act may be cited as the Code of Criminal
Procedure (Amendment) Act, No. 21 of 2005.

2. Section 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,
No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal
enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :-

3. Subsection (2) of section 285, sections 294, 295, 296,
297 and 298, of the principal enactment are hereby repealed.

4. Section 299 of the principal enactment is hereby
amended in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution
for the words ” when a sentence of death or of fine or whipping
with or without imprisonment is passed on an escaped
convict, such sentence, if of death, fine or whipping shall
subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained take effect
immediately;” of the words “when a sentence of death or of
fine with or without imprisonment is passed on an escaped
convict, such sentence, if of death or fine shall subject to the
provisions hereinbefore contained take effect immediately ;”

5. Section 317 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-

6. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.