Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsDirector of Public Prosecutions may apply for further detention
| 78. It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Prosecutions, for good cause, to make an application to the appropriate High Court, that a suspect who is held in custody upon an order by a Magistrate made in terms of the proviso to section 75 (2) or under section 77 (2) (a) be held in further custody pending the completion of the investigation or the consideration of the report of the police officer in charge of the investigation, as the case may be, and the High Court may, in its discretion, authorize the superintendent of the prison in which the suspect is detained to detain such suspect for a further period not exceeding three months. |