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| Sunday, 13 October 2002 |
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Minister explores possible revenue : Court productions exposed to elements by Chamikara Weerasinghe Productions shown in Courts, with respect to trials, are exposed to the elements lying at judicial warehouses, and therefore the Justice Ministry plans to amend the existing legal procedures enabling the return of those goods to the litigants on payment of the value, either to the owners or others claiming such goods. Following instructions by Justice and Law Reforms Minister W. J. M. Lokubandara, the ministry has called for suggestions from law institutions to make necessary law reforms in this regard, the Sunday Observer learns. The Ministry has invited views from Sri Lanka Bar Association, Judicial Services Commission and the Attorney General's Department on the matter, senior sources of the Justice Ministry said. Meanwhile, large quantities of timber, illegally logged from state forests, and furniture made out of them, are decaying in court house warehouses at present. Also , large quantities of goods produced in courts as productions in relation to violation of Custom laws, are also suffering a similar fate. Trincomalee District MP M.K.D.S.Gunawardena had pointed out at the fourth meeting of the Consultative Committee on Justice and Law Reforms , which was held on August 20 with Justice and Law Reforms Minister W.J.M.Lokubandara presiding, that it was a national crime to allow timber to decay. The MP had called for some sort of a procedure which could be introduced to return such productions on a payment. "The government can reap a rich harvest of income by selling those productions which otherwise could go waste," he said. MP Raja Collure had pointed out to the Committee, the importance of expediting trials relating to theft of goods from ships since they cannot be heard in Courts, once the ships sail from the port, to another destination. Minister Lokubandara has instructed his ministry officials to seek opinions of the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission and the Attorney General, and to report at the next meeting. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle MP had asked the Committee to obtain the views of the Secretary of the Magistrates' Association as well as they are the ones who encounter the problems. |
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