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| (1) An allegation of bribery or corruption may be made Communications against a person (whether or not such person is holding on the to the date on which the communication is received by the Commission, the office or employment by virtue of holding which he is alleged to have committed the act constituting bribery or corruption) by a communication to the Commission, or a person may by a communication on to the Commission, draw the attention of the Commission to any recent acquisitions of wealth or property or to any recent financial or business dealings or to any recent expenditures by a person (whether or not such person is holding any office or employment on the date on which such communication is received by the Commission) which acquisitions, dealings or expenditures are to the knowledge of the person making such communication not commensurate with the known sources of wealth or income of such person. |
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| (2) Upon receipt of a communication under subsection (1) Commission, if it is satisfied that such communication is genuine and that the communication discloses material upon which an invest get on ought to be conducted, shall conduct investigation as may be necessary for the purpose of deciding upon all or any of the following matters ;-
| | (a) prosecution or other suitable action under the provisions of the Bribery Act or the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law, No. 1 of 1975 ; or | | |
| | (b) prosecution under any other Law. | | |
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| (3) the commission shall have the power to investigate any matters disclosed by a communication received by it under subsection (1) whether or not such matters relate to a period prior to the appointed date and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts