Full text
of the regulation:
1. These regulations may
be cited as the Emergency (Proscribing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) Regulations
No. 1 of 1998.
2. (1) The organisation styled as the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam is hereby proscribed.
(2) The provisions of this
regulation, shall also apply to every other organisation and to every body or group of
persons engaged in activities substantially similar to those carried on, or formerly
carried on, by the organisation styled as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(hereinafter referred to as the "proscribed organisation) in like manner as though
it, or they, were also the proscribed organisation.
3. Any person who -
(a) wears any uniform, dress, symbol or other
emblem which signifies or indicates any association with, or membership of, or adherence
to, the proscribed organisation; or
(b) summons or attends a meeting of such
proscribed organisation, or participates or engages in any activity, of, or connected
with, or related to, such proscribed organisation: or
(c) supports such proscribed organisation by
inviting or exhorting persons to be enrolled as members, contributing or collecting funds,
or furnishing information or securing other assistance to such proscribed organisation: or
(d) harbours, conceals or in any other manner
assists, any member of such proscribed organisation with intent thereby to prevent, hinder
or interfere with the apprehension, trial or punishment of such member, or
(e) makes, prints, distributes or publishes in
any way concerned in the making, printing, distribution or publication, of any writing or
printed matter which is or purports to be published by or on behalf of such proscribed
organisation or by any member thereof: or
(f) communicates or attempts to communicate to
any other person in any manner any order, decision, declaration or exhortation made or
purported to have been made by such proscribed organisation by any member thereof or any
information relating thereto for the purpose of advancing the objectives of such
Proscribed organisation shall be guilty of an offence under these regulations and shall on
conviction be liable to imprisonment for a period not less than seven years and not
exceeding fifteen years.
4. (1) Where the Minister is satisfied, after
such inquiry as he may think fit, that any person has custody of any moneys, securities or
credit which are being used, or are intended to be used, for the purposes of the
proscribed organisation, the Minister may, by order in writing, declare that such moneys,
securities or credits are in the custody of such person or any moneys, securities or
credits which may come into his custody after the making of such order and any other
moveable and immovable property belonging to such organization, shall be forfeited to the
State.
(2) The decision of the Minister
under subsection (1) shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question in
any court of law by way of writ or otherwise.
5. For the avoidance of doubts it is hereby
declared that the provisions of these regulations will not in any way affect the right of
any international organisation which has entered into an agreement with the Government of
Sri Lanka, and which is specified by the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in
charge of the subject of Defence, from time to time, to engage in any activity connected
with the rendering of humanitarian assistance.