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Legislative Enactments CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) Marginal Notes 1. This Act may be cited as the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Act, No. 2 of 2013. 2. Period of detention of persons arrested not to be more than twenty-four hours or fortyeight hours. 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. Validation. 9. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. 10. Section - 10