The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
103
Fiscal for the
whole Island
104
Interference
with
judiciary an
offence
[111B. There shall be a Fiscal, who shall be the
Fiscal for the whole Island and who shall exercise
supervision and control over Deputy Fiscals attached to
all Courts of First Instance.]
[111C.] (1) Every judge, presiding officer,
public officer or other person entrusted by law with
judicial powers or functions or with functions under
this Chapter or with similar functions under any law
enacted by Parliament shall exercise and perform such
powers and functions without being subject to any
direction or other interference proceeding from any
other person except a superior court, tribunal, institution
or other person entitled under law to direct or supervise
such judge, presiding officer, public officer or such
other person in the exercise or performance of such
powers or functions.
(2) Every person who, without legal authority,
interferes or attempts to interfere with the exercise or
performance of the judicial powers or functions of any
judge, presiding officer, public officer or such other
person as is referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article,
shall be guilty of an offence punishable by the High
Court on conviction after trial without a jury with
imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to a period of one year or with fine or with
both such imprisonment and fine and may, in addition,
be disqualified for a period not exceeding seven years
from the date of such conviction from being an elector
and from voting at a Referendum or at any election of
the President of the Republic or at any election of a
Member of Parliament or any local authority or from
holding any public office and from being employed as
a public officer.
103 - Inserted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 14.
104 - Article 116 renumbered as article 111C by the Seventeenth Amendment
to the Constitution Sec. 15.
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