21. Every person aware-
| (a) of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence punishable under the following sections of the Penal Code namely, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 296, 297, 371, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 418, 419, 435, 436, 442, 443, 444, 445 and 446 ; |
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| (b) of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence, or of any death under suspicions circumstances, or of the body of any person being found dead without it being known how such person came by death, |
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shall in the absence of reasonable excuse-the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware-forthwith give information to the nearest Magistrate's Court or to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a peace officer or to the Grama Seva Niladhari of the nearest village of such commission or intention or of such sudden unnatural or violent death or death under suspicious circumstances or of the finding of such dead body. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts