The Research Directorate was unable to obtain a copy of Section 141 of the Sri Lankan penal code.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Carleton University library, Ottawa.

Google search engine.

High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ottawa.

Law Library, McGill University, Montreal.

Law Library, University of Ottawa.

Metacrawler search engine.

Research Directorate. "Sri Lanka" legislation file.

The World Fact Book 1998. 1998.

Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases, REFWORLD.

Non-documentary sources:

Unsuccessful attempts to contact the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.