Sri Lanka Cricket has acquired harder punishments for coordinating fixing and fixed games betting guidelines in an attempt to stamp out the corruption scandals. The newest legislation covers all games and it is believed that the ongoing investigation by the Anti – Corruption Unit. Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Harin Fernando introduced the bill in the parliament. Sri Lanka has become the primary first Asian country to condemn a few offenses identified with coordinating fixing parliament passed each of the three readings of a bill marked Prevention of Offenses Related to Sports.
If a person is found guilty of committing an offense related to corruption in sports, at that point he may end up imprisoned for a term as long as 10 years and he will likewise be required to pay different fines, ESPNcricinfo revealed. The newest legislation covers all games and it is accepted that the ongoing examination of Anti-Corruption Unit caused this bill to be drafted.
Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Harin Fernando displayed the bill in the parliament and former captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who is a now a cabinet minister supported the new legislation during parliamentary discussions. The nation’s Sports Ministry worked intimately with the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ACU duringthe process of drafting the bill.
The legislation not only seeks to punish any individuallyrelated to a sport who is legitimately engaged with fixing, yet additionally the individuals who give inside data. Curators who get ready surfaces to suit betting operators or the match authorities who intentionally misapply the principles for cash can also face a jail term if found guilty.
It is also now illegal for former players players and others engaged with sports to give corrupt figures access to current players. The bill also criminalises acts of omission, which includes failure to report corrupt approaches. This implies Sri Lankan cricketers who are approached by corruptors now have to report these approaches not only to the ICC’s ACU, yet in addition to a Special Investigation Unit appointed by Sri Lanka’s administration.
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was given a two-year ban, with one year being suspended for not reporting a suspected match-fixing offer to the ICC’s ACU.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been under investigation by the ICC’s ACU since 2017. Former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya was charged under the ICC Code and he was handed a two-year ban.
