Department Of Prisons-prisoners’ Welfare Fund (Amendment)

Department Of Prisons-prisoners’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS-PRISONERS WELFARE FUND LAW, NO. 18 OF 1973. BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :- Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Department of Prisons-Prisoners Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, No. 54 of 1979. Amendment to section 4 of Law No. 18 of 1973. 2. Section 4 of the Department of Prisons-Prisoners Welfare Fund Law, No. 18 of 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after paragraph (a) of that section, of the following new paragraph:- ” (aa) any such sum of moneys lying to the credit of any prisoner in the General Deposit-Prisoners’ Wages and Private Cash Account, as remains unclaimed for a period of not less than one year from the date of release of such prisoner;”. Amendment to section 5 of the principal 3. Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :- (i) by the substitution, for the fullstop appearing at the end of that section, of a semi-colon ; and (ii) by the insertion at the end of that section of the following new paragraph :- ” (f) such after care services as would help in the rehabilitation of prisoners after their discharge from prison.”.