6. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 122, and shall effect as sections 122A and 122B of the principal enactment : -
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| | (1) Where in pursuance of any information given under subsection (1) of section 121 proceedings are instituted in a Magistrate's Court under section 148, the accused or his proctor shall be entitled to obtain from the proper authority a certified copy of such information and of any statement made under subsection (1) of section 122 by the person against whom or in respect of whom the accused is alleged to have committed an offence. | | |
| | (2) In this section, the expression " proper authority ",-
| | | (a) in relation to any information or statement contained in an Information Book kept by an officer in charge of a police station, means such officer, and |
| (b) in relation to any information or statement contained in an Information Book kept by an inquirer, means such inquirer. |
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| 122B. In any proceedings under this Code, the production of a certified copy of any information or statement obtained under section 122B shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such information was given, or that such statement was made, to the police officer or inquirer by whom it was recorded ; and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, it shall not be necessary to call such officer or inquirer as a witness solely for the purpose of producing such certified copy.'. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts