Attorney General V. Geetin Singho

1956 Present : K. D. de Silva, J., and Sansoni, J.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Petitioner, and K. GEETIN SINGHO,
Respondent

S. C. 496-Application in revision in M. C. Nuwara Eliya,
11,588

Information Book-Statement of a complainant recorded therein-Right of accused to obtain certified copy of it-" Public document "-" Right of inspection "- Evidence Ordinance, ss. 74, 76, 123, 124, 125-Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 121(1), 122-Proof of Public Documents Ordinance, ss. 2, 3.

An accused person is entitled to obtain a certified copy of a first complaint recorded by the Police under the provisions of section 121 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code. The entry in the Information Book relating to the first complaint is a public document, which the accused has a right to inspect; subject, therefore, to any claim of privilege under sections 123, 124 and 125 of the Evidence Ordinance, the accused is entitled to obtain a certified copy of such entry under sections 74 and 76 of the Evidence Ordinance.

Quaere, (i) whether the accused is entitled to the same right under sections 2 and 3 of the Proof of Public Documents Ordinance.

(ii) whether a M

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