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Acts & Ordinances
OFFICE ON MISSING PERSONS (ESTABLISMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS)
Marginal Notes
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act, No. 14 of 2016.
2. Objectives of the Act.
3. Establishment of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP).
4. Constitution and composition of the OMP.
5. Chairman and members of the OMP.
6. Term of office of members.
7. Removal of members.
8. Meetings of OMP.
9. Quorum.
10. Mandate of the OMP.
11. General Powers of the OMP.
12. Powers of Investigation.
13. Functions and duties of the OMP.
14. OMP to ensure the rights of missing persons and relatives.
15. Confidentiality of information.
16. The Secretariat of the OMP.
17. OMP Tracing Unit.
18. OMP Victim and Witness Protection Division.
19. Finances.
20. Salaries of OMP members.
21. OMP to raise funds.
22. Financial year.
23. Reporting.
24. Offences.
25. Protection from Action.
26. Rules.
27. Interpretation.
28. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.