The Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC
Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC, objected to the manner in which his intervention was being handled and said he would not spend time arguing on that point. He raised the issue of how officials exercise vested powers in ways that may affect future criminal liability, referring to an observation by Justice Malalgoda of the Supreme Court and to a judgment connected with the X-Press Pearl case. He indicated that there were three matters to consider when exercising such powers to avoid evading future criminal liability, but the extract ends before those points are stated.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 That is not the way to handle this. Just because I am a new Member, you should not do this. Anyway, I do not want to waste my time arguing with you, Sir.
¶ 02 What I wish to highlight is this: the main issue is how powers vested in a person are used in a manner that avoids future criminal liability. Justice Malalgoda of the Supreme Court has made an excellent observation. The State Minister in charge of the Police said it was from a judgment on the X-Press Pearl. That judgment was by a five-judge bench; however, I do not want to argue about that. There are three matters to be mindful of when exercising powers so as not to evade future criminal liability. I will conclude by listing those three—
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Cite as: The Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 August 2025. No. 1754902606038704. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27994