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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS)
Marginal Notes
1. This Act may be cited as the Code of Criminal Procedure(Special Provisions) Act, No. 15 of 2005.
2. Period of detention of person arrested not to be more than twenty- four hours or forty-eight hours in certain cases.
3. Direct indictment in case of offence committed in aggravating circumstances.
4. Magistrate to forward record to Attorney-General.
5. Proceedings to be terminated within ninety days.
6. Depositions.
7. Duration of the Act.
8. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.