2. Section 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Law, No. 15 of 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment"), is hereby amended as follows:-
| (1) in paragraph (a) of that section, by the substitution, for the words " until the conclusion of the trial;", of the following :- |
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| (2) by the substitution for paragraph (c) thereof of the following new paragraph : -
| | " (c) every person convicted by any court of any offence set out in the First Schedule hereto, shall notwithstanding that he has lodged a petition of appeal against his conviction or the sentence imposed on him, be kept on remand until the determination of the appeal: | | |
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| (3) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (c) thereof, of the following new paragraph :-
| | " (d) every person convicted by any court of any offence set out in the Second Schedule hereto, shall notwithstanding that he has lodged a petition of appeal against his conviction or the sentence imposed on him, be kept on remand until the determination of the appeal: | | |
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| (4) by the omission of the proviso to that section ; and |
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| (5) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution, for the words "bail not to apply", of the words " bail to apply, subject to modification ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts