2. Section 10 of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Act, No. 17 of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as " the principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsection:-
| | "(2) A complaint or allegation of the infringement of a fundamental right or other injustice by a public officer or an officer of a public corporation, local authority or other like institution may be made to the Ombudsman, by a communication in writing, addressed to the Ombudsman. " ; | | |
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| (2) by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following subsections :-
| | "(3) Where the Ombudsman is of the view that a complaint or allegation received by him under subsection (1) or subsection (2) discloses an infringement of a fundamental right or other injustice by a public officer or an officer of a public corporation, local authority or other like institution, he shall investigate and report on such complaint or allegation, in accordance with, and subject to. the provisions of this Act, and shall notify the Public Petitions Committee, of the commencement of such investigations. | | |
| | (4) Where the Ombudsman is of the view that a complaint or allegation received by him under subsection (1) or subsection (2) does not disclose an infringement of a fundamental right or other injustice by a public officer or an officer of a public corporation, local authority or other like institution, he .shall refuse to investigate such complaint or allegation and shall inform the Public Petitions Committee and the person making the complaint or allegation of his decision not to investigate such complaint or allegation, within thirty days of his making such decision. " ; and | | |
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| (3) by the renumbering of subsections (2) and (3) of that section as subsections (5) and (6) respectively of that section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts