The Cabinet has decided to adopt a lenient policy in including previous offenses and minor offenses in the police clearance report to be obtained while leaving the country for foreign employment.
This approval has been given according to a proposal presented by the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles to the Cabinet.
It is stated that the Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has informed the Minister of Public Security about this as they have not been able to get foreign employment opportunities due to the inclusion of minor offenses in the police report required to leave for foreign employment.
Accordingly, the Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, has taken the advice of the Attorney General in this regard and has taken steps to prepare a new system.
According to the new system, been decided not to include the cases thus assigned in the police report regarding dishonest use under Section 378 of the Penal Code, criminal breach of trust under Sections 389 to 392 of the Penal Code, cheating under Sections 400 to 403 and Poisons, Opium, under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, before the Magistrate’s Court. It was also reported that in the event that a person has been acquitted from a legal matter or has been released from a legal matter, it is also not necessary to include it in the police clearance report.
The minister also emphasized that offenses under all acts aimed at ensuring national security and offenses under the Prevention of Terrorism Act will definitely be included in the police report.
