22. Every peace officer shall forthwith communicate to the nearest Magistrate or inquirer having jurisdiction or his own immediate superior officer any information which he may have or obtain respecting-
| (a) the commission of or the attempt to commit any offence within the local jurisdiction in which he is empowered to act; |
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| (b) the occurence therein of any sudden or unnatural death or of any death by violence or under suspicious circumstances; |
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| (c) the finding of the dead body of any person without it being known how such person came by death. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts