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.
