The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
The Minister stated that suspects with mental illness may be dealt with under Section 376 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, while briefly responding to remarks made by other Members. He then presented and sought approval for Rules under the Community Mediation Boards (Appointment, Suspension, Cancellation and Code of Conduct) Act, No. 3 of 2023, noting that the details had been tabled. The motion was put to the House and agreed to.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, where a suspect has mental illness, steps can be taken under Section 376 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. But I have no means to take action about some Members of Parliament speaking as if they are insane. Sometimes that could be an evening-related issue or due to some mishap. I only mentioned the name.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, today I present the Rules under the Community Mediation Boards (Appointment, Suspension, Cancellation and Code of Conduct) Act, No. 3 of 2023. We have detailed the content and tabled it. I request that these Rules be approved. Due to a certain mental pressure issue, my speech is brief. I cannot continue this debate further.
¶ 03 Thank you very much, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.
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