29. Where a person is convicted or found guilty of bribery by a District Court or a commission of inquiry, then, by reason of such conviction or finding-
| (a) he shall become incapable for a period of seven years from the date of such conviction or finding of being registered as an elector or of voting at any election under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or for a period of five years under the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance, or of being elected or appointed as a Senator or Member of Parliament or as a member of a local authority, and, if at that date he has been elected or appointed as a Senator or Member of Parliament or member of a local authority, his election or appointment shall be vacated from that date ; |
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| (b) he shall be disqualified for all time from being employed as a public servant and from being elected or appointed to a scheduled institution or to the governing body of a scheduled institution ; |
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| (c) he shall, if he is a member of a scheduled institution or of the governing body of a scheduled institution, cease to be such member from the date of such conviction or finding ; and |
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| (d) he shall, if he is a public servant, cease to be a public servant from the date of such conviction or finding and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, be deemed to have been dismissed on that date by the authority empowered by law to dismiss him. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts