The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
The Minister tabled an answer on implementation of the Proceeds of Crime Act, No. 5 of 2025, stating that the Police Proceeds of Crime Investigations Division and CIABOC are the recognized national institutions for stolen asset recovery. He reported that, since the Act had been in force for about one month, neither institution had yet recovered stolen assets or proceeds of crime under it. The answer set out current staffing in the Police division and CIABOC, noted that new CIABOC appointments await parliamentary approval of cadre and remuneration, and stated that no separate allocation had been made for a Public Assets Recovery Agency in the 2025 appropriations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 Answer tabled: Pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 5 of 2025 on Proceeds of Crime, the Sri Lanka Police Proceeds of Crime Investigations Division and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption are legally recognized as the national institutions for the recovery of stolen assets. Accordingly, based on information obtained from these two lead institutions: (i) and (ii) Under Act No. 5 of 2025, which has been in force for about one month, the Police Proceeds of Crime Investigations Division reports that no stolen assets have yet been recovered to the State. Similarly, CIABOC reports that no proceeds of crime have yet been recovered under the Act. (iii) The Police Proceeds of Crime Investigations Division currently has the following cadre engaged: - Senior Superintendent of Police (Director) — 01 - Assistant Superintendent of Police — 01 - Chief Inspector — 02 - Inspector — 01 - Sub-Inspector — 05 - Police Sergeant — 04 - Woman Police Sergeant — 01 - Police Constable — 38 - Woman Police Constable — 01
¶ 03 With respect to CIABOC, under Section 26(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, the required officers and staff are to be appointed; however, as Parliament has not yet approved the requisite remuneration and cadre, no new staff appointments have been made under that provision. Currently, 665 officers and employees are serving at CIABOC through transfers and secondments, including 169 State officers and staff seconded, 256 officers seconded by the Sri Lanka Police treated as being from other Police Divisions, and 63 other officers including legal officers appointed under the now-inoperative Act No. 19 of 1994. (iv) No specific funds have been allocated “for a Public Assets Recovery Agency” under the Appropriation Bill 2025 or the Vote on Account. Allocations have been made to the Sri Lanka Police and to CIABOC, as reflected in the tabled answer.
¶ 04 (b) Not applicable.
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- Hansard, Monday, 17 November 2025 ·No. 22912 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 November 2025. No. 22912. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2505