2. Section 4 of the Bribery Act (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") as amended by Act No. 40 of 1958, Act No. 2 of 1965 and Law No. 38 of 1974 is hereby further amended by the substitution, for subsection (1) of that section, of the following new subsection : -
| "(1) The Bribery Commissioner may from time to time In the course of an investigation of an allegation of bribery against any person or after the commencement of a prosecution of any person for bribery notwithstanding anything in any other written law to the contrary by written notice -
| | (a) require such person to furnish a sworn statement in writing
| | | (i) enumerating all movable or immovable property owned or possessed at any time, or at such time as may be specified by the Bribery Commissioner, by such person and by the spouse sons and daughters of such person and specifying the date on which each of the properties enumerated was acquired whether by way of purchase, gift, bequest, inheritance or otherwise; |
| (ii)containing particulars of such other matters which in the opinion of the Bribery Commissioner are relevant to the investigation; |
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| | (b) require any other person to furnish a sworn statement in writing
| | | (i) enumerating all movable or immovable property owned or possessed at any time or at such time as may be specified by the Bribery Commissioner by such person where the Bribery Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such information can assist the investigation; |
| (ii) containing, particulars of such other matters which in the opinion of the Bribery Commissioner are relevant in the investigation; |
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| | (c) require the manager of any bank in Sri Lanka to, produce, within such time as may be specified in the notice, any book, document or cheque of the bank containing entries relating to the account of such person or of the spouse or a son or daughter of such person, or to furnish as so specified, certified, copies of such entries ; | | |
| | (d) require the Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue to furnish, as specified in the notice, all information available' to such Commissioner-General relating to the affairs of such person or of the spouse or a son or daughter of such person and to produce or furnish as specified in the notice any document or a certified copy of any document relating to such person, spouse, son or daughter which is in the possession or under the control of such Commissioner-General: and | | |
| | (e) require the person in charge of any department, office or establishment of the Government, or the Mayor, Chairman, Governor, or chief executive officer of any local authority or scheduled institution, or of the governing body of any scheduled institution, to produce or furnish, as specified in the notice, any document or a certified copy of any document which is in his possession or under his control.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts