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Transfer Of Offenders Act (No. 5 of 1995) - Sect 5

Condition of transfer

5. The transfer of any offender on an application made under this Act shall be subject to the following conditions;-
(a) that the offender is a citizen of Sri Lanka or of the specified country, notwithstanding he may also be a citizen of any other country ;
(b) that the order, decision or judgment, as the case may be, by which the sentence of imprisonment was imposed upon the offender, is a final order decision or judgment ;
(c) that at the time the application for the transfer is made the offender concerned has more than six months left to serve of the term of imprisonment imposed was for an unspecified period ;
(d) that the offender consents to the transfer or where, in view of the age or physical or mental status of the offender he is unable to give his consent, the consent is given by any other person who is designated either by the Minister or the appropriate authority of a specified country as being competent to give consent on behalf of the offender;
(e) that both the Minister and the appropriate authority of the specified country, consent to the transfer.


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