View All - 2008 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances CONVENTIONS AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCESMarginal Notes1. Short title and date of operation.2. Offences.3. High Court vested with jurisdiction to hear offences under the Act.4. Rights of certain persons arrested for offences under this Act.5. Evidence.6. Seizure and freezing.7. Forfeiture.8. Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.9. Parties to the Convention. 10. Amendment of Extradition Law, No.8 of 1977.11. Interpretation in relation to the Extradition Law.12. Extradition arrangements deemed to provide for offences in the Second Schedule to this Act.13. Minister may treat United Nations Convention as an extradition arrangement between Sri Lanka and a Convention country in respect of offences in the Second Schedule to this Act. 14. Duty of Minister to notify requesting State of measures taken against persons for whose extradition a request is made.15. Assistance to Convention Countries & c,. 16. Interpretation Chapter I of Part II. 17. Convention country. 18. Precursor Control Authority to be responsible for the administration of this part. 19. Duties of Authority.20. All substances in table I and Table II to be imported or exported on a licence.21. Inspection of records. 22. A voidance of doubts. 23. Existing extradition arrangements with certain SAARC states deemed to provide for offences in the Second Schedule. 24. Amendment of Extradition Law, No.8 of 1977.25. Minister may treat Convention as an extradition arrangement between Sri Lanka and a SAARC state in respect of offences in the Schedule.26. Interpretation. 27. Duty of Minister to notify requesting country, of measures taken against persons for whose extradition request is made. 28. Assistance to SAARC states. 29. Provisions of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to apply to Parts II and III. 30. Amendment of First Schedule by Resolution of Parliament. 31. Regulations. 32. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.33. Interpretation.