Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsJurisdiction of High Court to try offences under this Act
| 16. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law, the High Court established under Article 154P of the Constitution for the Western Province shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any offence under sections 3,4,5,6 or 7 of this Act, where such offence was committed within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka or committed outside the territorial waters of Sri Lanka by a Sri Lankan or in respect of a ship registered in Sri Lanka. |