5. Where a person who is not a citizen of Sri Lanka is arrested for an offence under this Act, such person shall be persons arrested for offences under entitled-
| (a) to communicate without delay, with the nearest appropriate representative of the State of which he is a national or which is otherwise entitled to protect his rights, or if he is a stateless person, with the nearest appropriate representative of the State in the territory of which he was habitually resident; and |
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| (b) to be visited by a representative of that State. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts