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| Prevention Of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT, NO. 48 OF 1979
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:
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[15th July
, 1988 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 1988.
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Amendment of section 15 of Act No. 48 of 1979.
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2. Section 15 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979, is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution, of the following subsection therefor :
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” (1) Every person who commits an offence under this Act shall be triable without a preliminary inquiry, on an indictment before a Judge of the High Court sitting alone without a jury or before the High Court at Bar by three Judges without a jury, as may be decided by the Chief Justice. The provisions of sections 450 and 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the trial of offences under this Act by the High Court at Bar and to appeals from judgments, sentences and orders pronounced at any such trial held by the High Court at Bar.”.
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