Law on contempt of court requires reforms, says Law Commission
The Sri Lanka Law Commission in its programme of work for 2005/2006, has identified several areas that needed law reforms including contempt of court.
In a report submitted to parliament last week, the Commission said it would undertake, on a priority basis, a study on the Law of Contempt.

The report said a paper titled, “Contempt of Court: Its genesis and its application in Modern Day Jurisprudence” has been prepared by the Commission’s Chairman Dr. Lakshman Marasinghe. The Commission said there was a need for a programme to protect witnesses in the light of the recent assassinations of judges and lawyers and noting that witnesses were the most vulnerable and least defendable.

Some of the other areas the Commission believed was in need of reforms was bio ethics, termination of pregnancies, the protection of victims of crime, firearms laws, sentencing, marriage laws, DNA and fingerprinting.

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