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| (1) Where any person is delivered in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Schedule to this Act to the appropriate authorities in Sri Lanka by the Commander of an aircraft registered in a contracting state, the Competent Authority shall
| | (a) make a preliminary inquiry into the facts ; | | |
| | (b) assist the person so delivered in communicating with the nearest appropriate representative of the state of which such person is a national; | | |
| | (c) notify
| | | (i) the contracting state in which such aircraft is registered ; |
| (ii) the state of nationality of the person so delivered, if such person is not a national of Sri Lanka; |
| (iii) any other interested state, |
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| (2) Upon the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the Competent Authority shall report his findings to the states referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection and shall indicate to them whether Sri Lanka intends to exercise jurisdiction over the offence to which the preliminary inquiry relates. |
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