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Penal Code (Amendment) |
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| AN ACT TO AMEND THE PENAL CODE | | |
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| BE it hereby enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows : | |
[17th July , 2002 ] |
Short title. | 1.This Act may be oiled as the Penal Code (Amendment) Act, No. 12 of 2002. | |
Repeal of section 118 of Chapter 19. | 2.The Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended by the repeal of section 118. | Repeal of Chapter XIX of the principal enactment | 3.Chapter XIX of the principal enactment is hereby repealed. | |
Amendment of Code of Criminal Procedure Act no 15 of 1979 | 4.The Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 is amended by the repeal of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of Section 135. | Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. | 5.In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and the Tamil texts of this Act. the Sinhala text shall prevail, | |
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