Major changes are coming to the Prevention of Organized Crime Bill. The Attorney General informed court that the section allowing suspects to be detained for up to 72 hours is set to be revised.

Under the planned amendment, the maximum detention time will be brought down to 48 hours.

Informed during petition hearings

This update was officially communicated by Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, who appeared in court representing the Attorney General.

The submission came up while petitions challenging the contentious Bill were being considered.