Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsLegal representation
| 32. Every accused person and every complainant shall be entitled to be represented by an attorney-at-law : Provided, however, that a public officer who has filed a complaint in his official capacity shall be entitled to be re- presented by the Attorney-General or a State Counsel or any attorney-at-law specially or generally authorized by the Attorney-General but in the absence of such representation the public officer himself or any other public officer of the Department interested in the prosecution or with the permission of the court, an attorney-at-law may conduct the prosecution: Provided further that an officer of any Municipality, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council may appear in person or by an attorney-at-law to conduct the prosecution in any case in which the Municipality, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council is interested. |