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| Bribery was an offence punishable under the Penal Code as far back as 1883. It was during the British rule that bribery was introduced as a criminal offence into the Statute Book. In 1954 the Bribery Act was enacted to contain bribery in the Public Service. In 1958 the Bribery Commissioner's Department was established by the Act No.40, under the Ministry of Justice. In1994 the Act no.19 created the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. The first Commission commenced activities on 15th December, 1994. |
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Premises Expected Target Group Time Date Ministry of Public
AdministrationOfficers of the Ministry and the general public 0200pm 22nd February 2010 Registrar General Office 1000am Officers of Registrar General's Office, Central Envirnment Authority, Foreign Employment Bureau 1000am 23rd February 2010 District Secretaries office-Galle Officers of the DS office 0100pm 24th February 2010 Ministry of Education Officers of Examination Department & MoE 1000am 25th February 2010 Pensioner's Department Officers of the Pensioners' Department 1000am 26th February 2010 CIABOC Officers of the Pensioners' Department 0200pm 26th February 2010 -
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Premises Expected Target group Time Date Pallekele
Educational ExhibitionGeneral Public & Government
Officials8th February 2010 Pallekele
Educational ExhibitionGeneral Public & Government
Officials9th February 2010 -
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Workshop Target group Time Date Demonstration of newly introduced investigation equipments Attorney 0230 22nd February 2010 Traning for investigation Investigation 1000 5th March Officers on newly introduced investigation equipments Officers 2010 Training for investigation officers on newly introduced investigation equipments Investigation Officers 1000 12th March 2010 Training for investigation officers on newly introduced investigation equipments Investigation Officers 1000 19th March 2010 Training for investigation officers on newly introduced investigation equipments Investigation Officers 1000 26th March 2010 Training programme organized in collaboration with Hong Kong Anti Corruption Commission Investigation Officers Discussed & exchange the expected course outline. Since resource persons are not available in this year it is decided to postpone the same to 2011, tentatively. -
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Date Subject Number of Investigation Officers/Participants 2nd March 2010 Laws pertaining to Bribery & Corruption(Overview) 25 Introduction to Investigation Skills Investigation Skills 3rd March 2010 Investigation Leading to Court Martial and Summary Trials Role of Public Procurement & Introduction to Procurement Guidelines & Tender Procedure 4th March 2010 Government Financial Rules and Regulations Bidding documents
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