Sri Lanka, June 19 -- Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has signed the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill into law, the Department of Communication of Parliament stated.

This Bill to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979 which was presented to Parliament for its first reading on April 8, 2025 was passed on June 4, 2025.

Accordingly, this Bill will come into force as the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act No. 7 of 2025.

The main provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2025 is to modernize court proceedings by allowing suspects and accused persons to attend hearings remotely instead of in person, the statement from the Communication of Parliament noted.

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