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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 60

Proclamation for person absconding

60.
(1) If any court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such proclamation.
(2) The proclamation shall be published as follows : -
(a) the proclamation drawn in Sinhala and Tamil shall be publicly read in both these languages in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such person ordinarily resides ;
(b) copies in Sinhala and Tamil of the proclamation shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village; and
(c) copies in Sinhala and Tamil of the proclamation shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the court-house.
(3) A statement by the court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the proclamation was duly published on a specified day shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this section have been complied with and that the proclamation was published on such day.

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