5. The following section is inserted immediately after section 69 and shall have effect as section 69A of the principal enactment:
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| | (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, every offence under this Ordinance, shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning, and for the purpose, of that Act. | | |
| | (2) The Minister may appoint in writing any Regional Director of Health Services or any Medical Officer of Health Services to be an authorized officer for the purposes of this section. | | |
| | (3) Every authorized officer appointed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a peace officer within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, for the purpose of exercising, in relation to any offence under this Ordinance, any power conferred upon a peace officer by that Act.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts