Cabinet approval to ratify extradition with UAE

COLOMBO (News 1st); An extradition treaty has been signed between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the State of United Arab Emirates in 2014 to strengthen the judicial corporation in the extradition sector.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution submitted by the President as the Minister of Defence for the ratification of the extradition treaty by revising provisions mentioned in section 5 (1) of the same to cater to the legal systems of both countries, and to submit the treaty to the Parliament subject to the provisions of the Extradition law No 8 of 1978 thereafter.