The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
The Member raised a privilege matter concerning the Secretary-General’s statement that no such letter had been received. He cited the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act and Section 190 of the Penal Code, arguing that giving false information to Parliament is an offence punishable by up to seven years’ imprisonment, and sought to have the matter taken up as a breach of privilege.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Secretary-General says no such letter was received. Under the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act, giving false information to Parliament is an offence punishable under Section 190 of the Penal Code with up to seven years’ imprisonment. I seek to raise that Privilege matter as well, as the Secretary-General has said no such letter was received.
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