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Presidential pardon for 278 prisoners for Vesak

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This year, on the occasion of Vesak Poya, 278 prisoners have been granted amnesty by the President. Ten of them are women.

According to the powers assigned to the President in Article 34 of the Constitution, these prisoners have received a special state amnesty and they are going to be released from the prisons this morning (23). Grant of (one week) amnesty per year or part of the sentence served (spent) of the prisoners serving sentence in prison as on 23.05.2024, for non-payment of fines to prisoners serving sentence in prison as on May 23, 2024.

These 278 prisoners will be granted Presidential special amnesty under the cancellation of the balance of the sentence being served.

Among these, the highest number of prisoners have been released from the Mahara prison. The number is 37. 29 prisoners from the Kegalle prison, 27 prisoners from Wariyapola prison, 20 from Anuradhapura prison, 17 from Bogambara prison, 16 from Kalutara prison, 12 from Galle and 12 from the Kuruwita prison. Prisons Commissioner, Media Spokesman Gamini Dissanayake said that, accordingly 278 prisoners have been granted amnesty from seven prisons.

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