The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court today (9 November) that all offences under the Excise Ordinance included in the Government’s Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill were proposed for removal.
Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, told the court that copyright offences had already been removed from the Bill’s provisions on intellectual property offences.
He said amendments to provisions governing the detention of arrested persons and the issuance of detention orders would be considered at a later stage.
The submissions were made when the Supreme Court took up petitions challenging the constitutionality of several provisions of the Bill.
