The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha
Moved an amendment to Clause 8 of the Bill, requiring members of the Surcharge Review Committee to disclose material conflicts of interest before assuming duties and to recuse themselves from related discussions or decisions. The amendment was agreed to, Clause 8 was passed as amended, and Clauses 9 to 14 were also ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I move the following amendment:
¶ 02 On Clause 8 (Replacement of section 21 of the principal enactment), on page 8, immediately before line 27, insert the following:
¶ 03 “(7) A member of the Surcharge Review Committee shall, prior to assuming duties as such member and as at the date of appointment, make a general disclosure to the Legislature of any existing material conflicts of interest.
¶ 04 (8) Where a member of the Surcharge Review Committee has a direct or indirect conflict of interest in relation to any matter to be considered before the Committee, such member shall disclose the nature of that conflict to the Surcharge Review Committee and shall not participate in any discussion or decision of the Committee relating to that matter.”
¶ 05 Amendment put, and agreed to.
¶ 06 Clause 8, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 07 Clauses 9 to 14 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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