2. Section 4 of the Bribery Act, hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment", is hereby amended by the addition, immediately after subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsections: -
| " (5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, a certified copy of any sworn statement or of any document obtained by the Bribery Commissioner under subsection (1) shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of any prosecution under this Act and the production of any such certified copy shall be sufficient proof of the fact of its execution and of the contents thereof. |
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| (6) If in the course of a trial for an offence under this Act the presiding Judge or either party to the case is of opinion that any witness should be summoned to establish the execution or the contents of any document or a certified copy thereof which has been produced or furnished under paragraph (e) of subsection (1), such witness shall be so summoned by the court to give evidence in the same manner as any other witness for the prosecution. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts