Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Prevention Of Hostage Taking Act (No. 41 of 2000)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.	   Short title and date of operation,  
   2.	   Convention States,  
   3.	   Offence of hostage taking & c  
   4.	   High Court to try offences under this Act  
   5.	   Right of certain person arrested for offence under this Act  
   6.	   Amendment to Extradition Law  
   7.	   Existing extradition arrangements with Convention States deemed to provide for offences in the Schedule  
   8.	   Minister may treat Convention as an extradition arrangement between Sri Lanka and certain Convention States, in respect of offences in the Schedule  
   9.	   Assistance of convention state  
   10.	   Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency