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Bribery (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 1980) - Sect 24

Amendment of section 78 of the principal enactment

24.Section 78 of the principal enactment as amended by Law No.38 of 1974 is hereby further amended as follows:
(i)by the repeal of subsection (1)of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection:
"(1)No Magistrate's Court shall entertain any prosecution for an offence under this Act except by or with the written sanction of the Bribery Commissioner or an officer authorized by him in that behalf." ; and
(ii) in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for the expression " a District Court", of the expression " a Court ".


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