14. Where-
| (a) a person is in Sri Lanka pursuant to a request made by the Central Authority to the appropriate authority of a specified country under subsection (6) of section 13 ; or |
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| (b) a person, being a prisoner, has been removed to Sri Lanka pursuant to a request made by the Central Authority to the appropriate authority of a specified country, under subsection (1) of section 13, |
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to give evidence in a proceeding relating to a criminal matter or to give assistance in an investigation relating to a criminal matter. Such person shall not be defined prosecuted or punished in Sri Lanka for any offence that is alleged to have been committed or was committed or was committed, prior to that person's departure from such specified country pursuant to such request-
| (i) in the case of a person who, not being a prisoner, is in Sri Lanka for the purposes of giving evidence in a proceeding relating to a criminal matter or of assisting in a investigation relating to a criminal matter, unless such person has remained in Sri Lanka for a period of at least fifteen days after he had been notified by the Central Authority that his presence was no longer necessary for such proceeding or investigation and had an opportunity of leaving Sri Lanka ; and |
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| (ii) in the case of a person who being a prisoner, in Sri Lanka for the purposes of giving evidence in a proceeding relating to criminal matter or of assisting in a investigation relating to a criminal matter, until after he has returned to the specified country from which he was removed to Sri Lanka. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts