Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsConditions necessary for the institution of prosecutions in certain cases
| 116. It shall be lawful for the Minister to prescribe by regulation the offences in respect of which no prosecution may be instituted except with the previous sanction or on the complaint of a specified officer or person. No court shall thereupon take cognizance of any such offences except with the previous sanction or on the complaint of the officer or person specified in such regulation. |