3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 43 and shall have effect as section 43A of the principal enactment:"
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| | (1)The provisions of sections 36 and 37 shall not apply in relation to persons suspected or accused of child abuse. | | |
| | (2) A police officer making an arrest, without a warrant, of any person suspected or accused of child abuse, shall without unnecessary delay and within twenty four hours of the arrest, produce such person before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case. | | |
| | (3) The Magistrate before whom a person arrested under subsection (2) is produced may upon a certificate being filed by a police officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police or in his absence the officer acting on his behalf, to the effect that it is necessary to detain such person in custody for the purpose of investigation, make an order permitting the detention of such person in police custody for a period not exceeding three days. | | |
| | (4) Upon the conclusion of the investigation or upon the completion of the period of detention specified in the order made under subsection (3), which ever occurs first, such person shall be produced before the Magistrate and the provisions of this Act, shall apply, to and in relation to such person. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts