“Creating a Citizen free of wrongdoing ………. ”
Development of social, economic, spiritual and Psychological spheres of minor offenders and their families by implementing a productive community corrections process with the necessary follow up
Objective
- Implementation of the Community Based Amendment Act No. 46 of 1999.
- Reducing the incarceration of minor offenders and reducing the cost of congestion and government spending.
- Development of community correctional persons psychologically, spiritually, socially and economically and their families socially and spiritually.
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Social reintegration of inmates as good citizens through rehabilitation.
Making a fine relationship between prison officers and inmates In order to achieve the main objectives of custody, care, and corrections And thereby to improve job satisfaction of the officers, Regulate the welfare of the inmates thereby Utilize the productivity of their labour for benefit of the country.
Goals
- Contribute to build a civilized society by means of proper rehabilitation of inmates and thereby making inmates to law abiding humanitarian persons.
- Motivate prison officers and building up the team spirit within the department.
Priorities of the Department of Prisons
- Under the authority of whatever court in a country, admission of convicted or remand prisoners at all status, provision of their custody, care and maintenance in terms of rules and regulations of the prison and production of remand prisoners to court.
- Provision of common order and proper administration in relation to all prisons and correctional centers.
- Provision of technical, agricultural, animal husbandry, and vocational trainings to inmates in all prisons and correctional centers.
- Provision of welfare services to all prisons and correctional centers.
- Making provisions for trainings to strengthen correctional field.
- Making a desired social back ground for inmates after rehabilitation and social reintegration as better citizens as timely requirement.
- Reducing prison congestion, introducing modern technology, improving physical resources and developing infrastructure facilities in relation to carrying out prison reforms.
- Human resources development in Department of Prisons so as to make experienced and satisfied officers through training in different divisions and promotional programmes.
- Establishment and carrying out of Information Management System in order to fulfill administrative activities of inmates correctly and efficiently.
Contact Details
Prisons Headquarters,
No.150, Baseline Road,
Colombo 09,
Sri Lanka.
+94 114 677 177
+94 114 677 180
The Law Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Law Commission Act No. 03 of 1969, and it is the main government institution which recommends legal reforms. The Department of Law Commission is constituted to extend administrative and research support.
To promote reform of the Law for good governance.
To discharge duties and functions imposed under the Law Commission Act for the purpose of promoting the reform of the law.
Role of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka
The main objective of the Law Commission is to promote the reforms of the law. Following functions are performed by the Law Commission for the purposes of such promotion.
- The codification of law.
- The elimination of anomalies.
- To take and keep under review the law, both substantive and procedural with a view to its systematic development and reform.
- The repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments.
- The simplification and modernization of the law.
- To receive and consider any proposals for the reform of the law.
- To prepare and submit to the Minister, from time to time, programmes for the examination of different branches of the law with a view to reform,
- To obtain such information as to the legal systems of other countries.
- To keep under constant review the exercise by bodies, other than parliament, of the power to legislate by subsidiary legislation with a view to ensuring that they conform to well established principles and to the rule of law.
- To formulate programmes for rationalizing and simplifying legal procedures including procedures of an administrative character connected with litigation.
- To formulate programmes for the codification of the law in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Secretary
Department of Law Commission of Sri Lanka
4th Floor,
Ministry of Justice New Building,
No: 80, Adhikarana Mawatha,
Colombo 12.
+94 112 333 884
+94 112 333 884
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The Supreme Court is the highest Court of the judicial system in Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court, which consists of 11 Judges including the Hon. Chief Justice appointed by His Excellency the President, hears all applications received by it.
The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka recognizes jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as follows: -
- Jurisdiction in respect of Constitutional matters,
- Jurisdiction in respect of Fundamental Rights,
- Final Appellate Jurisdiction,
- Consultative Jurisdiction,
- Jurisdiction in Elections Petitions (Presidential election),
- Jurisdiction in respect of any breach of Privileges of the Parliament, and
- Jurisdiction in respect of such other matters which Parliament may by Law vest or ordain.
The Registry of the Supreme Court assists the Supreme Court to carry out its functions for which the Ministry of Justice by the Head 234 grants provisions. The functions of the Registry of the Supreme Court includes:-
- Maintenance of the Record of the Supreme Court.
- Arrangements for sittings and schedule of applications.
- Record of Court Orders and Judgments.
- Enrolment of Attorneys-at-Law at the Supreme Court.
- Preparation of briefs received from the Court of Appeal and the assessment of legal costs.
Registrar
+94 112 435 446
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To form a fair and law abiding society.
Providing Analytical Advisory and Consultancy Service in the fields of Forensic and Food Sciences to Law Courts, Law Enforcement Agencies and other Institutions.
Role of the Department of Government Analyst
The Government Analyst’s Department, being the only forensic laboratory in Sri Lanka, consists of two major Divisions as Food Science and Forensic Science. Food Science Division includes four laboratories namely Food, Liquor, Milk and Water. Forensic Science Division has seven major disciplines as Forensic Ballistics Section, Forensic Serology Section, Forensic Toxicology Section, Explosives a Fire Investigation Section, Narcotic Drugs Section, Forensic Questioned Document Section, and Forensic Miscellaneous Section.
This Department proves to be a service providing institution in that it provides advisory, consultancy and scientific service. The Government Analyst’s Department issues analytical reports upon scientific and analytical testing on productions referred to it by the law Courts of the country, Department of Police, Department of Customs, Department of Excise, Ports, Local Government Institutions, Ministry of Health and as well as other Government Departments and Statutory Bodies. Further, it carries out analytical testing to ensure quality control with the samples being referred to the Department by the various government departments and state sponsored bodies. Additionally, the samples received from the Department of Customs are also tested and analyzed for quality control and tariff categorization purposes. The Department also prepares analytical reports after examination of the Questioned documents forwarded by the law courts throughout the country.
All productions submitted for testing will be referred to relevant tests according to various ordinances such as the Food and Drugs Act, National Environment Act, Excise Ordinances, National Authority of Tobacco and Alcohol Act, Cosmetic; Devices Drug Act, Control of Pesticides Act, Fire Arms Ordinance, Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, The Explosives Act, Offensive weapons Act, Motor Traffic Act, Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Proceeding Code, Evidence Ordinance.
This Department also functions as the scientific consultant to other government departments and Government sponsored institutions. Specially, the contribution given by these experts to Sri Lanka Standard Institute in making standards provides an important service. These Experts assist the Technical Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Defense for purchasing Weapons and Equipment.
In May 2013, this Department was shifted to a new building equipped with state of the art technology and all modern facilities at Pelawatte, Battaramulla. A DNA Laboratory which was an essential need has now been established at these premises with all necessary equipment and the analysis of Court productions has commenced. The Department has also established a Provincial Laboratory at Kurunegala.
No 31, Isuru Mawatha,
Pelawatta,
Battaramulla.
+94 112 176 800 / +94 112 786 395
+94 112 786 394
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