14. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 89, and shall have effect as section 89a, of the principal enactment: -
| 89A. A state officer who solicits or accepts a gratification which is an offence under this Act shall, if such solicitation or acceptance was made outside Sri Lanka, be deemed to have committed such offence within Sri Lanka, and accordingly the District Court of Colombo shall have jurisdiction to try such offence notwithstanding anything in any other law to the contrary.". |
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