23. Section 73 of the principal enactment as amended by Act, No.2 of 1965 is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-
| 73.
| | (1)A person who -
| | | (a) interferes with any witness summoned in any proceedings for bribery in or before a court or commission of inquiry or any person whose statement has been recorded by the Bribery Commissioner in the course of an investigation, or |
| (b) Induces any such witness or any such person to refrain from giving evidence, or |
| (c)threatens any such witness or any such, person with injury to his body ,mind or reputation |
| (d)injures any such witness or any such person in body, mind or reputation in order to deter him from giving evidence, or |
| (e)compels any such witness or such person not give evidence, shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon summary trial and conviction by a Magistrate, be liable to rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months and to a fine. |
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| | (2)Every court before which any person surrenders himself or is produced on arrest on an allegation that he has committed or has been concerned in committing or is suspected of having committed or to have been concerned in committing an offence under this section shall keep such person on remand until the conclusion of the trial except in exceptional circumstances where the court before which he surrenders himself or is produced may after recording its reasons therefor release him on bail.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts