5. The following section is hereby inserted immediately after section 28 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 28A of that enactment : -
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| | (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Act, where a court convicts a person of an offence under this Part of this Act, the court may in 'court may lieu of imposing a penalty or fine under section 26 or section 26A, make order that any movable or immovable property found to have been acquired by bribery or by the proceeds of bribery, be forfeited to the State free from all encumbrances : | | |
| | (2) An order made under subsection (1) shall take effect"
| | | (a) where an appeal has been made to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court against the order of forfeiture, upon the determination of such appeal confirming or upholding the order of forfeiture; |
| (b) where no appeal has been preferred to the Court of Appeal against the order of forfeiture, after the expiration of the period within which an appeal may be preferred to the Court of Appeal against such order of Court.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts