The Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court that it has been proposed to remove all offences relating to the Excise Ordinance included in the proposed Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill, which was presented to Parliament by the Government.
Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, also stated that offences relating to copyright under intellectual property violations have been removed from the proposed Bill.
He further informed the Court that amendments concerning the detention of arrested persons and the issuance of detention orders would be considered at a later stage.
These submissions were made when the petitions filed challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the proposed Bill were taken up before the Supreme Court today (09).
