COLOMBO: Sri Lanka presented extreme punishments for coordinate fixing and fixed games wagering confinements on Monday in an offer to get rid of join outrages that have hounded the nation's cricket crew.
Charges of defilement have tormented Sri Lankan cricket for a considerable length of time, including cases of match-fixing in front of a worldwide Test against England a year ago.
"Many attempted to avoid this bit of enactment, however I am cheerful that it was taken up today," Sports Minister Harin Fernando said after the law was passed collectively by parliament.
Wagering on sports matches facilitated in Sri Lanka was at that point illicit, however the new rules will likewise forbid Sri Lankans from betting on abroad challenges.
Wrongdoers could look as long as 10 years' prison and fines of up to 100 million rupees ($555,000) for coordinate fixing under the new law, which likewise bans individuals with family connects to betting organizations from sitting on the game's neighborhood overseeing body.
The arrangement shows up to a limited extent to focus on the previous leader of Sri Lanka Cricket, Thilanga Sumathipala, who was as of not long ago an individual from the association's official board of trustees and whose family claims a betting business.
Sumathipala, a dubious representative and lawmaker, has over and again denied inclusion in the betting side of the privately-owned company.
The new law comes a long time after Sports Minister Harin Fernando said the game's nearby administration was filled with join "through and through", and that the International Cricket Council considered Sri Lanka one of the world's most degenerate cricketing countries.
Previous Sri Lankan quick bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige was a year ago suspended for debasement connected to a restricted over group in 2017.
He was the third Sri Lankan player charged for abusing the ICC's enemy of defilement code, following charges leveled against previous commander and ex-boss selector Sanath Jayasuriya, and previous paceman Nuwan Zoysa.
Jayasuriya was seen as liable of neglecting to coordinate with a match-fixing test and was restricted for a long time, while Zoysa was suspended over the match-fixing allegations.
