Code Of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 1993)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 403 of Act No. 15 of 1979

2. Section 403 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 is hereby amended as follows:

(1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :

	(1) A Magistrate or a Judge of the High Court,, at any stage of any inquiry or trial, as the case may be, may in his discretion release on bail any person accused of any non-bailable offence :

	(2) by the substitution, in subsection (3) of that section for the words ''the Magistrate shall not release such person on bail without the sanction of the Attorney-General.", of the words "such person shall not be released on bail except by a Judge of the High Court.".