Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that the Government has decided to remove Excise offences from the schedule to the proposed Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill.

Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, appearing for the Attorney General, made this submission when the hearing of the Special Determination petitions challenging the constitutionality of the proposed Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill commenced before a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justices Achala Wengappuli and Sampath Abayakoon.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....